Institutional and Seasonal Variations in the Incidence and Causative Organisms for Posttraumatic Infection following Open Fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 78-84

  Sagi, H Claude ^a   Donohue, David ^b   Cooper, Seth ^b   Barei, David P ^a   Siebler, Justin ^c   Archdeacon, Michael T ^d   Sciadini, Marcus ^e   Romeo, Michelle ^e   Bergin, Patrick F ^f   Higgins, Thomas ^g   Mir, Hassan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

fracture; open; posttraumatic infection; regional; seasonal

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION (PROCEDURE); OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOFT TISSUE; SPRING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER; WOUND INFECTION; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FRACTURES, OPEN; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991444288     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000730     Document Type: Article

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