Background Health-care-associated infection is the most frequent result of unsafe patient
care worldwide, but few data are available from the developing world. We aimed to assess …

Classification of urinary tract infections (UTI) is important for clinical decisions, research,
quality measurement and teaching. Current definitions of UTI are above all based on the …

Background Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common complications of
abdominal surgery and is associated with substantial discomfort, morbidity and cost. The …

Background: Abdominal surgeries have high rates of surgical site infections (SSIs),
contributing to increased morbidity and mortality and costs for hospitalization. The aim of this …

BACKGROUND: Global parameters, such as wound class, the American Society of
Anesthesiologists' physical classification score, and prolonged operative time, have been …

BACKGROUND: The goal of this study was to compare surgical site infection (SSI) rates
between laparoscopic (LAP) and open colorectal surgery using the National Surgical Quality …

Object Many studies that have evaluated surgical site infections (SSIs) after craniotomy or
craniectomy (CRANI) did not use robust methods to assess risk factors for SSIs or outcomes …

Purpose: There is an epidemic of obesity in the Western world and its associated substantial
morbidity and mortality. This review examines the data on the impact of obesity on …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to compare risk factors for the development
of incisional versus organ/space infections in patients undergoing colorectal surgery …

Surgical-site infections (SSIs) are a key target for nosocomial infection control programmes.
We evaluated the impact of an eight-year national SSI surveillance system named ISO …