Incidence and risk factors of surgical site infection in general surgery in a developing country

Surgery Today

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 685-689

  Alp, Emine ^a   Elmali, Ferhan ^a   Ersoy, Safiye ^a   Kucuk, Can ^a   Doganay, Mehmet ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp; Antimicrobial prophylaxis; Duration; Infection; Multidrug resistant; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRAINAGE CATHETER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRAINAGE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896545894     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-013-0705-3     Document Type: Article

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