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ArticleAntimicrobial resistance and infection control2017

Surveillance of surgical site infections by

Nyambura Moremi, Heike Claus, Ulrich Vogel, Stephen E Mshana

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Article in Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nyambura MoremiInstitute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Street 2 / Building E1, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany.
Heike ClausInstitute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Street 2 / Building E1, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany.
Ulrich VogelInstitute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Street 2 / Building E1, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany.
Stephen E MshanaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe role of hospital water systems in the development of

methodsBetween December 2014 and September 2015, rectal and wound swabs, and water samples were collected in the frame of active surveillance for SSIs in the two Tanzanian hospitals. Typing of

resultsOf 930 enrolled patients, 536 were followed up, of whom 78 (14.6%, 95% CI; 11.6-17.5) developed SSIs.

conclusionsThe

Indexed as

P. aeruginosaSurgical site infectionTanzaniaWater microbiology

Identifiers

PMID28593044
PMCPMC5461769

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