Surgery - Infectious Disease News & Articles

381 Is liver-targeted FOXp3 staining beneficial after living-donor liver transplantation Transplant Infectious Disease, November 4, 2011

382 Decreased post-transplant survival among heart transplant recipients with pre-transplant hepatitis C virus positivity The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, October 31, 2011

383 Local Anesthesia: A Strategy for Reducing Surgical Site Infections World Journal of Surgery, October 28, 2011

384 Paradoxical Rising Cytomegalovirus Antigenemia during Preemptive Ganciclovir Therapy in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Outcomes Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 28, 2011

385 Effect of early EBV and/or CMV viremia on graft function and acute cellular rejection in pediatric liver transplantation Clinical Transplantation, October 28, 2011

386 Clinical study on prevention of HBV re-infection by entecavir after liver transplantation Clinical Transplantation, October 28, 2011

387 Mortality in Hematologic Malignancy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients with Mucormycosis, 2001 to 2009 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 26, 2011

388 Detection of Adeno-Associated Virus Viremia in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients Full Text The Journal of Infectious Diseases, October 26, 2011

389 Multiplex polymerase chain reaction pathogen detection in patients with suspected septicemia after trauma, emergency, and burn surgery Surgery, October 25, 2011

390 The incidence and risk factors of invasive fungal infection after haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation without in vitro T-cell depletion Clinical Microbiology and Infection, October 21, 2011
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391 Plasma and Tissue Pharmacokinetics of Cefazolin in Patients Undergoing Elective and Semielective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Open Repair Surgery Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 20, 2011

392 Postoperative Antibiotics Correlate with Worse Outcomes after Appendectomy for Nonperforated Appendicitis Journal of the American College of Surgeons, October 18, 2011

393 Clinical features and risk factors of tuberculosis in living-donor liver transplant recipients Transplant Infectious Disease, October 18, 2011

394 Analysis and clinical correlation of genetic variation in cytomegalovirus Transplant Infectious Disease, October 18, 2011

395 Prealbumin Levels as a Useful Marker for Predicting Infectious Complications After Gastric Surgery Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, October 17, 2011    Clinical Article

396 Successful treatment of Trichosporon fungemia in a patient with refractory acute myeloid leukemia using voriconazole combined with liposomal amphotericin B Transplant Infectious Disease, October 14, 2011

397 Urinary Tract Infection after Colon and Rectal Resections: More Common than Predicted by Risk-Adjustment Models Journal of the American College of Surgeons, October 13, 2011

398 False-positive Aspergillus galactomannan assay in solid organ transplant recipients with histoplasmosis Transplant Infectious Disease, October 13, 2011

399 Leflunomide for cytomegalovirus: bench to bedside Transplant Infectious Disease, October 12, 2011

400 Six-month incidence of bloodstream infections in intestinal transplant patients Transplant Infectious Disease, October 12, 2011

1 Risk factors for anastomotic leakage and favorable antimicrobial treatment as empirical therapy for intra-abdominal infection in patients undergoing colorectal surgery Surgery Today, April 10, 2013

2 Timing of Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis and the Risk of Surgical Site Infection Antibiotic Prophylaxis Timing and SSI Risk JAMA Surgery, March 25, 2013    Review Article

3 Preoperative skin antiseptics for preventing surgical wound infections after clean surgery Cochrane Reviews, April 3, 2013    Review Article

4 A Method for Estimating the Risk of Surgical Site Infection in Patients With Abdominal Colorectal Procedures Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, April 23, 2013

5 Treatment of the residual cavity during hepatic hydatidosis surgery: a cohort study of capitonnage vs. omentoplasty Surgery Today, April 16, 2013    Review Article

6 Inaccessible Postoperative Abdominal Abscess: Percutaneous Drainage Technique with Puncture of a Sinus Tract Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, April 2, 2013

7 Advanced Tumor Stage Is an Independent Risk Factor of Postoperative Infectious Complications After Colorectal Surgery: Arguments From a Case-Matched Series Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, April 26, 2013

8 Vegetation attached to the elephant trunk European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 9, 2013

9 Wound biofilms: Lessons learned from oral biofilms Wound Repair and Regeneration, April 10, 2013    Review Article

10 Current Issues in the Diagnosis and Management of Blood Culture-Negative Infective and Non-Infective Endocarditis Annals of Thoracic Surgery, April 15, 2013    Review Article

11 Conservative management of mesh-site infection in hernia repair surgery: a case series Hernia, March 29, 2013    Review Article

12 Removal of an Infected Aortic Endograft and Open Aortic Reconstruction: Technical Remarks Annals of Vascular Surgery, April 8, 2013

13 Treatment strategies for aortic and peripheral prosthetic graft infection Surgery Today, April 10, 2013    Review Article

14 Contemporary management of perianal conditions in febrile neutropenic patients European Journal of Surgical Oncology, March 13, 2013    Review Article

15 Contemporary trends in necrotizing soft-tissue infections in the United States Surgery, March 6, 2013

16 Bacterial biofilms and capsular contracture in patients with breast implants British Journal of Surgery, March 7, 2013

17 Meningococcal sepsis and purpura fulminans: the surgical perspective Postgraduate Medical Journal, March 13, 2013    Review Article