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Microbiology Of Surgical Wound Infections
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Surgical wound infections constitute a major fraction of nosocomial infections and occur within 30 days of procedure or within one year if implant is in place. Surgical wound infections have been classified based on wound location and degree of microbial contamination. Causative agents of surgical wound infections and the routes by which they access surgical incision sites have been recognized. The risk factors of surgical wound infections; patient characteristics and operative characteristics and management of these factors have been identified. Despite knowledge of the factors that influence surgical wound infections and means to prevent and/or control them, surgical patients still get infections. Diagnosis and treatment of surgical wound infections are appropriately undertaken to reduce economic costs and morbidity rate. Different surveillance methods have been adopted to reduce surgical wound infections rate.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBefore the mid-19th century, surgical
patients commonly developed postoperative “irritative fever†followed by
purulent discharge from their incision, overwhelming sepsis and often
death. It was not until the late 1860s, after Joseph Lister introduced
the principles of antisepsis that postoperative infection morbidity
decreased substantially. Among surgical patients, surgical
wound infections are the most common nosocomial infections. Su ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBefore the mid-19th century, surgical
patients commonly developed postoperative “irritative fever†followed by
purulent discharge from their incision, overwhelming sepsis and often
death. It was not until the late 1860s, after Joseph Lister introduced
the principles of antisepsis that postoperative infection morbidity
decreased substantially. Among surgical patients, surgical
wound infections are the most common nosocomial infections. Su ... Continue reading---
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