Infection and a History of Surgery: A Case Control Seroprevalence Study.

We determined the association between having a history of surgery and the seroreactivity to An age- and gender-matched case-control study of 391 subjects with a history of surgery and 391 subjects without this history was performed. Sera of subjects were analyzed for detection of anti- immunoglobulin G (IgG) and M (IgM) antibodies using enzyme-linked immunoassays. Anti- IgG antibodies were found in 25 (6.