abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a significant healthcare quality issue, resulting in increased morbidity, disability, length of stay, resource utilization, and costs. Identification of high-risk patients may improve pre-operative counseling, inform resource utilization, and allow modifications in peri-op...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Mueck KM,Kao LS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selection of a pre-operative hand antisepsis agent has not been studied in relation to surgical site infection (SSI) culture data. In our hospital, we introduced an alcohol-based hand rub (ABR) in 2012 as an alternative to traditional aqueous surgical scrubs (TSS). It was the goal of this study to review any...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Oriel BS,Chen Q,Wong K,Itani KMF

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the clinical effectiveness of antimicrobial prophylaxis in lower-extremity open fractures following the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Guidelines. METHODS:This observational, retrospective, single-center study included adults with lower-extremity open fractures of the ankle, t...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Bremmer D,Bookstaver B,Cairns M,Lindley K,Durkin M,Koon D,Quidley AM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to review the post-operative and infectious complications and determine the risk factors associated with infections in cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between October 2007 and December 2013, patients who under...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Arslan NC,Sokmen S,Avkan-Oguz V,Obuz F,Canda AE,Terzi C,Fuzun M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Gatti score is a weighted scoring system based on risk factors for deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) that was created in an Italian center to predict DSWI risk after bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) grafting. No external evaluation based on validation samples derived from other surgical center...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Perrotti A,Gatti G,Dorigo E,Sinagra G,Pappalardo A,Chocron S

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Solid organ transplantation (SOT) frequently is complicated by cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections. Cidofovir (CDV) is active against CMV, including many ganciclovir (GCV)-resistant mutants, but often is considered to be too nephrotoxic for use after organ transplantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Seven males and ...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Bonatti H,Sifri CD,Larcher C,Schneeberger S,Kotton C,Geltner C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital-acquired infections, sepsis, and critically ill patients cost the healthcare system billions of dollars every year. Many factors contribute to these problems, and the remedies are multifactorial. Education is an important component in resolving many of the issues related to better combating the economic, soci...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Chipman JG,Rosengart MR,Issa N,O'Neill PJ,Upperman JS

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on antimicrobial prophylaxis for open fractures is limited, with many protocols based on expert recommendations. These protocols include aminoglycosides (AGs) for fractures with significant soft tissue injury, but these drugs are associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) in other settings; this risk has...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Tessier JM,Moore B,Putty B,Gandhi RR,Duane TM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current scolicidal agents, which have been used for inactivation of protoscoleces during surgical procedures, are associated with adverse side effects including sclerosing cholangitis. This investigation aimed to evaluate the scolicidal effects of Bunium persicum (Boiss) essential oil against protoscoleces o...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Mahmoudvand H,Tavakoli Oliaei R,Mirbadie SR,Kheirandish F,Tavakoli Kareshk A,Ezatpour B,Mahmoudvand H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pyomyositis (PY) is a primary infection of the skeletal muscles, leading to inflammation of the muscle fibers followed by pus formation and even necrosis in late stages. Because of overlap in presentation of intermuscular abscess (IM) and PY, the exact incidence and severity of PY is under-appreciated. PATI...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Agarwal N,Aroor S,Saini P,Gupta A,Kaur N

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of door opening rates on air quality in the operation room during hip revision surgery by measuring the number of colony forming units per cubic meter (CFU/m(3)). METHODS:During 70 hip revision operations the number of CFU/m(3) was measured at four time po...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Mathijssen NM,Hannink G,Sturm PD,Pilot P,Bloem RM,Buma P,Petit PL,Schreurs BW

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical care is delivered 24 h a day at most institutions. Alarmingly, some authors have found that certain operative start times are associated with greater morbidity and mortality rates. This effect has been noted in both the public and private sector. Although some of these differences may be related to ...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Guidry CA,Davies SW,Willis RN,Dietch ZC,Shah PM,Sawyer RG

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ceftaroline fosamil is a novel cephalosporin approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) for treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection, including those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We evaluated the activity of ceftaroline and compa...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Sader HS,Farrell DJ,Flamm RK,Jones RN

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The utility of tigecycline as compared with other antibiotic therapies in the treatment of patients with complicated intra-abdominal infection (cIAI) and the short- and long-term outcomes of a large cohort of severely ill patients were examined. We provide the first published data on post-discharge events fo...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Solomkin J,Mullins CD,Quintana A,Eckmann C,Shelbaya A,Ernst FR,Krukas MR,Reisman A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gentamicin is used commonly as an empiric antibiotic prior to culture evidence in the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in surgical patients. METHODS:The published literature on the use of gentamicin for empiric therapy in VAP was reviewed and in combination with the author's personal exper...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Byrnes M,Dorman R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We identified recently esophageal cancer related gene-4 (ECRG4) as a candidate cytokine that is expressed on the surface of quiescent polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and shed in response to ex vivo treatment with lipopolysaccharide. To investigate the potential biologic relevance of changes in cell surfa...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Costantini TW,Coimbra R,Lopez NE,Lee JG,Potenza B,Smith A,Baird A,Eliceiri BP

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood stream infections (BSIs) remain as a serious life-threatening condition after solid organ transplant (SOT). In recent years, a progressive growth in the incidence of bacteremia caused by non-lactose fermenting gram-negative bacilli (NLF GNB) has been observed. NLF GNB led to high mortality among SOT re...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Wan Q,Ye Q,Huang F

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implant infections represent a relevant problem after immediate breast cancer reconstruction. In addition to difficulties in distinguishing early infections from other post-surgical complications (such as hematoma, seroma, and liponecrosis) late breast implant infections still represent a grey area of our kn...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Franchelli S,Pesce M,Savaia S,Marchese A,Barbieri R,Baldelli I,De Maria A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vancomycin is used widely as empiric therapy for gram-positive organisms in patients with an intra-abdominal infection (IAI), even in those with no history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection or colonization. Potential adverse effects of vancomycin include nephrotoxicity, increase...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Hennessy SA,Shah PM,Guidry CA,Davies SW,Hranjec T,Sawyer RG

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intra-abdominal infection may lead to adhesion and abscess formation. An adhesion barrier can reduce these complications but also aggravate intra-peritoneal infection, causing the opposite effects. The fear of infection propagation has limited clinical adhesion barrier use in a contaminated or infected abdom...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Chaturvedi AA,Buyne OR,Lomme RM,Hendriks T,Van Goor H

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine if there is a difference in periocular post-operative infection rates when utilizing new versus re-processed monopolar electrocautery tips. METHODS:Retrospective cohort study of 4,976 consecutive surgical cases involving 17,149 procedures. Post-operative infections were identified using chart r...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Czyz CN,Abramowitz BD,Goodman AE,Foster JA,Cahill KV,Everman KR

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, there has been a worldwide increase in infections caused by microorganisms resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents. METHODS:In the past few decades, an increased prevalence of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens, including Enterococcus spp., carbapenem-resistant Pseudomon...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Sartelli M,Catena F,di Saverio S,Ansaloni L,Coccolini F,Tranà C,Kirkby-Bott J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intestinal fatty acid binding protein (iFABP) is elevated in plasma by intestinal injury. We investigated the influence of surgical trauma and severe sepsis caused by abdominal and pulmonary infection on plasma iFABP concentrations. METHODS:Seventy-nine patients were included in this prospective observation...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Bingold TM,Franck K,Holzer K,Zacharowski K,Bechstein WO,Wissing H,Scheller B

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metal implants are used frequently in orthopedic procedures and the occurrence of subclinical low-virulence infection is difficult to diagnose. The objective of this study was to examine the hypothesis that peri-prosthetic subclinical infections may be diagnosed effectively in a murine model system using sci...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Teixeira LE,Soares GG,Teixeira HC,Takenaka IK,Diniz SO,de Andrade MA,Cardoso VN,de Araújo ID

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is an independent risk factor for developing nosocomial infections and for developing surgical site infection (SSI) in particular. The number of post-operative nosocomial S. aureus infections can be reduced by screening patients and decolonizing nasal carriers. In additio...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： van Vugt JL,Coelen RJ,van Dam DW,Winkens B,Derikx JP,Heddema ER,Stoot JH

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic pancreatitis is a painful and often debilitating disease. Total pancreatectomy with intra-portal islet autotransplantation (TP-IAT) is a treatment option that allows for pain relief and preservation of beta-cell mass, thereby minimizing the complication of diabetes mellitus. Cultures of harvested isl...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Colling KP,Blondet JJ,Balamurugan AN,Wilhelm JJ,Dunn T,Pruett TL,Sutherland DE,Chinnakotla S,Bellin M,Beilman GJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An appendectomy is a contaminated or potentially dirty surgical procedure that can be associated with surgical site infection (SSI). METHODS:A single-center unblinded prospective cohort study examined the role of antimicrobial incise film drapes in lowering the rate of SSI after appendectomy. Any patient ag...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Al-Qahtani SM,Al-Amoudi HM,Al-Jehani S,Ashour AS,Abd-Hammad MR,Tawfik OR,Baslaim MM,Farrokhyar F

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prosthetic mesh is employed routinely in the treatment of ventral and parastomal hernias, but its use can lead to major complications, including infection, extrusion, and fistula. Bacterial biofilms have been posited to play a role in mesh-related infection, but although bacteria have been noted to form biof...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Kathju S,Nistico L,Melton-Kreft R,Lasko LA,Stoodley P

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has been suggetsed to have a positive impact on the healing of sternal or extremity wounds. However, few data deriving from breast surgery have been published. We evaluated the available literature regarding the effectiveness of NPWT systems in the healing of breast tis...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Kostaras EK,Tansarli GS,Falagas ME

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep sternal incisional surgical site infection is a serious and potentially life-threatening complication after open heart surgery. Although a rare post-operative complication, the rates of post-operative morbidity and mortality are greater in patients who develop a deep sternal incisional surgical site inf...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Shih YJ,Chang SC,Wang CH,Dai NT,Chen SG,Chen TM,Tzeng YS

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Purpura fulminans (PF) is a rare but lethal complication of severe infection. Aggressive surgical debridement of irreversibly devitalized tissue improves survival frequently at the cost of disfigurement. The ethical dilemma of surrogate decision-making for these often incapacitated patients presents a unique...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Tanosaki M,Shimizu N,Lian CG,Jurchak M,Patel V

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal anastomotic leakage (CAL) is the most important complication of colorectal surgery, accounting for one third of post-operative deaths. To prevent it, many interventions have been tested in animal models, mostly rats. However, few of these models have been validated. We aimed to develop a reproduci...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Wu Z,Daams F,Boersema GS,Vakalopoulos KA,Lam KH,van der Horst PH,Kleinrensink GJ,Jeekel J,Lange JF

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Daptomycin is used increasingly to treat prosthetic joint infection (PJI). A possible side effect of this drug is eosinophilic pneumonia. We describe two patients with PJI treated with daptomycin who had this side effect with different clinical presentations. METHODS:Case reports and review of the literatur...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Yusuf E,Perrottet N,Orasch C,Borens O,Trampuz A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common healthcare-associated infection affecting as many as 27% of mechanically ventilated patients. Ventilator-associated pneumonia is an important source of morbidity and mortality in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU). The optimal diagnostic method for VAP h...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Guidry CA,Mallicote MU,Petroze RT,Hranjec T,Rosenberger LH,Davies SW,Sawyer RG

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clostridium perfringens myonecrosis following an elective surgical procedure in a previously healthy child is a rare incident. METHODS:Case report and literature review. RESULTS:A two-year old boy admitted for elective bilateral osteotomies of tibiae was detected to be febrile at day one post-operatively w...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Abd Rashid AH,Ramli R,Ibrahim S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cefazolin remains the preferred preoperative antibiotic for the majority of surgical procedures. However, outcome evidence supporting current dosing recommendations for pre-operative prophylaxis is scarce, particularly for obese patients. With more than 33% of adults in the United States classified as obese,...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Unger NR,Stein BJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most HIV-1 replication occurs in secondary lymphoid tissues, and evaluating these tissues is crucial to investigations of pathogenesis. Inguinal lymph nodes (LN) are obtained frequently for these studies as they are readily detectable in most individuals and provide abundant numbers of cells. Knowledge of th...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Meditz AL,Connick E,McCarter M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pre-existing humoral barriers challenge the transplantation of living donor kidneys (LDK) into highly sensitized ABO- and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-incompatible recipients. Conditioning these LDK recipients' immune systems is required before they undergo transplantation. We hypothesized that medical dese...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Turza KC,Shafique M,Lobo PI,Sawyer RG,Keith DS,Brayman KL,Agarwal A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence and consequences of post-operative infections in patients undergoing major elective surgery is not well understood. METHODS:Using a large U.S. healthcare claims database, we identified all patients who underwent major elective surgery between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2009. For each su...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Berger A,Edelsberg J,Yu H,Oster G

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The utility of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the treatment of necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) has not been proved. Previous studies have been subject to substantial selection bias because HBOT is not available universally at all medical centers, and there is often considerable delay associat...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Shaw JJ,Psoinos C,Emhoff TA,Shah SA,Santry HP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00