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Surgical Wound Infection

Known as: Infections, Surgical Wound, Infection, Postoperative Wound, Infection, Surgical Site 
An infection that occurs at a surgical site within 30 days after an operation.
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Postoperative ComplicationsWound Infectionpostoperative infection

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Effect of Behavioral Interventions on Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Among Primary Care Practices: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
IMPORTANCE Interventions based on behavioral science might reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. OBJECTIVE To assess… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Effects of preoperative warming on the incidence of wound infection after clean surgery: a randomised controlled trial
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Prevention of Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection by Use of an Antiseptic-Impregnated Catheter
See related articles on pp 267-274 and 275-280 and editorial comment on pp 304-306. Noncuffed central venous catheters used for… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Selected Aspects of the Socioeconomic Impact of Nosocomial Infections: Morbidity, Mortality, Cost, and Prevention
  • W. Jarvis
  • Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
  • 1996
  • Corpus ID: 10458414
Abstract Approximately 2 million nosocomial infections occur annually in the United States. These infections result in… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
A comparison of filtered leukocyte-reduced and cytomegalovirus (CMV) seronegative blood products for the prevention of transfusion-associated CMV infection after marrow transplant.
We performed a prospective, randomized trial in CMV seronegative marrow recipients to determine if filtered blood products were… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A randomized study of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery versus surgery for localized squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus
Background. Despite well‐established surgical approaches, the prognosis for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Infections with herpes simplex viruses (1).
IN the 12 years since the last review of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in these pages,1 there have been substantial… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Identifying patients at high risk of surgical wound infection. A simple multivariate index of patient susceptibility and wound contamination.
To predict the likelihood that a patient will develop a surgical wound infection from several risk factors, the authors used… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Antibodies reactive with human T-lymphotropic retroviruses (HTLV-III) in the serum of patients with AIDS.
In cats, infection with T-lymphotropic retroviruses can cause T-cell proliferation and leukemia or T-cell depletion and… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: The relative importance of primary and recurrent maternal infection.
We studied the incidence of primary and recurrent cytomegalovirus infection in 3712 pregnant women--2698 of middle to high income… 
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