Surgical site infection reporting: more than meets the agar

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 156-160

  Putnam, Luke R ^a,b   Ostovar Kermani, Tiffany G ^a,b   Le Blanc, Andrea ^a,b   Anderson, Kathryn T ^a,b   Holzmann Pazgal, Galit ^a,b   Lally, Kevin P ^a,b   Tsao, KuoJen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Organ space infection; Quality metric; Surgical site infection; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; AGAR;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN SPACE SURGICAL SITE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; APPENDICITIS; COMPLICATION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TEXAS;

AGAR; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TEXAS;

EID: 85006733577     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.10.038     Document Type: Article

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