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Addition of benzylpenicillin to antibiotic prophylaxis reduces deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery

Infection Prevention in Practice, 2021
Summary: Objectives: In Sweden, cloxacillin is recommended as the sole antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of surgical site infections after cardiac surgery.
Nadia Sandström, Anders Magnusson, Anders Wickbom, Örjan Friberg   +3 more
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Retrospective review of risk factors for surgical wound dehiscence and incisional hernia [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Several factors and patient characteristics influence the risk of surgical wound dehiscence and incisional hernia after midline laparotomy.
Bodil Gessler, David Bock, Eva Angenete, Eva Haglind, Mattias Block, Sofie Walming   +5 more
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Trichophyton as a Rare Cause of Postoperative Wound Infection Resistant to Standard Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy

Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2018
Fungal infections are rare causes of acute surgical wound infections, but Candida is not an infrequent etiology in chronic wound infections. Trichophyton species is a common cause of tinea capitis but has not been reported as a cause of neurosurgical ...
Sheema Gaffar, John K. Birknes, Kenji M. Cunnion   +2 more
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The application of the modified surgical wound dressing in wound care after tracheotomy

Regenerative Medicine Research, 2017
Introduction: This study was performed to observe the efficacy of a modified surgical wound dressing applied as part of decannulation wound care after tracheotomy.
Feng Mei, Wu Ying, Zhu Jing, Wu Xiaoling
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The microbiome of diabetic foot ulcers: a comparison of swab and tissue biopsy wound sampling techniques using 16S rRNA gene sequencing

BMC Microbiology, 2020
Background Health-care professionals need to collect wound samples to identify potential pathogens that contribute to wound infection. Obtaining appropriate samples from diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) where there is a suspicion of infection is of high ...
J. Travis, M. Malone, H. Hu, A. Baten, K. Johani, F. Huygens, K. Vickery, K. Benkendorff   +7 more
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Methods for identifying surgical wound infection after discharge from hospital: a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Wound infections are a common complication of surgery that add significantly to the morbidity of patients and costs of treatment. The global trend towards reducing length of hospital stay post-surgery and the increase in day case surgery ...
AJ Mangram, APR Wilson, DH Mitchell, DL Sackett, Emily S Petherick, F Hadden, F Martini, J Bruce, Jane E Dalton, JJ Luime, JM Last, K Sands, K Sands, KE Sands, M Seaman, M Whitby, Nicky Cullum, P Whiting, Peter J Moore, SM Teutsch   +19 more
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Evaluation of the Surgical and Pharmacological Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infection: A Retrospective Study [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Diabetic foot infection is a major cause of patient disabilities and lowers limb amputations, with high treatment costs and hospitalisation requirements.
Aliakbar, Adil Hassan, Alsaadi, Malath Azeez, Barrak, Abbas Abd Zaid   +2 more
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Transcutaneous compression suture with iodine gauze for wound closure in revision surgery for therapy-resistant periprosthetic shoulder infections

JSES International, 2023
Background: To successfully treat a periprosthetic infection, successful bacteria eradication and successful wound closure are mandatory. Despite adequate surgical débridement in the deep, persistence of wound drainage and subsequent persistence of ...
Florian Grubhofer, MD, Evan O’Donnell, MD, Lukas Ernstbrunner, MD, PhD, Ilker Uçkay, MD, Karl Wieser, MD   +4 more
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A clinical study of risk factors and the management of surgical site infections in general surgical cases at tertiary care center: A two-year observational study

Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2022
Background: Surgical site infections penetrate to depths in tissues and cause simple superficial infections to sepsis. The aim of this study is to identify the incidence rate of surgical site infections and their risk factors at the surgical section of a
C Arunkumar, R. Chinnapan
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Human Wounds and Its Burden: An Updated Compendium of Estimates [PDF]

, 2019
Significance: A 2018 retrospective analysis of Medicare beneficiaries identified that ∼8.2 million people had wounds with or without infections. Medicare cost estimates for acute and chronic wound treatments ranged from $28.1 billion to $96.8 billion ...
Sen, Chandan K.
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