Surgical site infection in elective clean and clean-contaminated surgeries in developing countries

Background: Surgical site infection (SSI) is both the most frequently studied healthcare-associated infection and the most common healthcare-associated infection in the developing world. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the relative size of this burden and to estimate...

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Main Authors: Daniel Curcio, Alejandro Cane, Francisco Fernández, Jorge Correa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219300049