Clinical impact and risk factors for percutaneous gastrostomy wound infections due to resistant organisms

Int J Infect Dis. 2008 Nov;12(6):e149-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.09.019. Epub 2008 Jul 16.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Bacterial Infections / pathology*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Endoscopy, Digestive System
  • Female
  • Gastrostomy / adverse effects*
  • Gastrostomy / methods
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella / drug effects
  • Klebsiella / isolation & purification
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Middle Aged
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • Risk Factors
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / pathology*
  • Young Adult