A 4-year prospective study to determine the incidence and microbial etiology of surgical site infections at a private tertiary care hospital in Mumbai, India

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-62

  Shah, Sweta ^a   Singhal, Tanu ^a   Naik, Reshma ^a  

^a Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Etiology; India; Surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANCER SURGERY; CANDIDA; CHILD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; JOINT SURGERY; KLEBSIELLA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; CANDIDA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927548194     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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