Incidence and etiology of surgical site infections in appendectomies: A 3-year prospective study

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 31-35

  Garcell, Humberto Guanche ^a   Arias, Ariadna Villanueva ^a   Pancorbo Sandoval, Cristobal A ^a   García, Elias Guilarte ^a   Valle Gamboa, Moraima E ^a   Sado, Adam Bode ^a   Alfonso Serrano, Ramón N ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Etiology; Incidence; Qatar; Surgical Site Infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 85010422708     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2017.06     Document Type: Article

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