Causes of surgical site infections Infections after surgery result from harmful germs, with Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Pseudomonas bacteria being the most common culprits.

Antibiotic treatment prior to surgical repair of a pediatric elbow fracture does not reduce the risk for post-operative infection.

Quality statement People with a surgical site infection are offered treatment with an antibiotic that covers the likely causative organisms and is selected based on local resistance patterns and the ...

Newsweek spoke to the centenarian's grandson who said that the hospital was compared to "hell" back in the 1920s.

WOUND infection has become one of the most difficult surgical problems of the current decade.1 Widespread bacterial resistance and crossinfection of the hospital population have been observed repea ...

Early detection of any infection is the first step to avoid complications. Yet overtreatment with antibiotics may cause more harm than good due to antibiotic resistance.

Chronic wounds affect millions of people worldwide. These are cuts, burns, scrapes, or surgical wounds that don’t heal within ...

ANSWER: Infectious complications, such as a wound infection, after an open-heart surgery are not rare. Staphylococcus aureus is a frequent culprit, and cefazolin is an excellent treatment.

Wound irrigation with an antiseptic solution was associated with reduced surgical site infections after all surgeries. Irrigation with antiseptics may be preferred vs. irrigation with antibiotics.