The role of postoperative factors in surgical site infections: Time to take notice

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1272-1276

  Manian, Farrin A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

postoperative; surgery; wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BREAST SURGERY; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER INFECTION; DRAIN; EFFUSION; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MEDIASTINITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND; WARD; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84913583782     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu552     Document Type: Article

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