Relationship between Skin Microbial Counts and Surgical Site Infection after Neurosurgery
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- 15 October 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (8) , 1302-1308
- https://doi.org/10.1086/322661
Abstract
A prospective study was performed to describe the density of bacterial counts on the skin of neurosurgical patients and examine the association betweKeywords
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