Serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs): A proposed surveillance definition.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Published: November 2019

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