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Surgical site infections in standard neurosurgery procedures– a study of incidence, impact and potential risk factors

Sami Abu HamdehDepartment of Neuroscience, Section of Neurosurgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Birgitta LytsyDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Elisabeth Ronne-EngströmDepartment of Neuroscience, Section of Neurosurgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala Sweden
Pages 270-275 | Received 06 Feb 2013, Accepted 11 Aug 2013, Published online: 07 Sep 2013

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