Surgical site infections following elective surgery

Affiliations

¹ Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, W12 0HS, UK; Infection Control Programme, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: mohamed.abbas@hcuge.ch.
² Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, W12 0HS, UK.
³ Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, W12 0HS, UK; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.

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Mohamed Abbas et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;20(8):898-899.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30524-7. Epub 2020 Jul 29.

¹ Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, W12 0HS, UK; Infection Control Programme, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: mohamed.abbas@hcuge.ch.
² Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, W12 0HS, UK.
³ Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, W12 0HS, UK; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.

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Surgical site infections following elective surgery - Authors' reply.
Alverdy JC, Gilbert JA, Hyman N. Alverdy JC, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Aug;20(8):899. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30564-8. Epub 2020 Jul 29. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 32738234 No abstract available.

Re-examining causes of surgical site infections following elective surgery in the era of asepsis.
Alverdy JC, Hyman N, Gilbert J. Alverdy JC, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;20(3):e38-e43. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30756-X. Epub 2020 Jan 29. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 32006469 Free PMC article. Review.