Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Epidemiology of Nosocomial Infection
(José Ruiz Pardo and Clara Eugenia Cobo Cervantes – Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario Torrecárdenas, Almería, Spain, et al.)
Chapter 2. Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection
(Francisco Javier Ruescas García and Celia Pérez Parra – Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital de Hellín, Albacete, Spain, et al.)
Chapter 3. Prophylactic Measures against Surgical Site Infection after Abdominal Surgery
(Jaime Ruiz-Tovar – Department of Surgery, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain)
Chapter 4. Microbiology and Treatment of Nosocomial Site Infection
(Andrés García-Marín and Mercedes Pérez-López – Department of Surgery, Hospital de Hellín, Albacete, Spain, et al.)
Chapter 5. Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infection
(Ana Sánchez-Mozo and Héctor Aguado-López – Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Albacete, Spain, et al.)
Chapter 6. Nosocomial Respiratory Tract Infection
(Francisco Javier Ruescas García and Celia Pérez Parra – Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital de Hellín, Albacete, Spain)
Chapter 7. Vascular Access Infection
(Héctor Aguado López and Ana Sánchez Mozo – Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital de Hellín, Hellín, Albacete, Spain, et al.)
Chapter 8. Endocarditis and Intravascular Infections
(Covadonga Martín Garrido – Department of Nursery, Hospital del Tajo, Madrid, Spain)
Chapter 9. Pseudomembranous Colitis and Other Infections Related to Antibiotics
(José Ruiz Pardo and Clara Eugenia Cobo Cervantes – Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario Torrecárdenas, Almería, Spain, et al.)
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