Surgical Infections

Article	Citations
Burn Wound Colonization, Infection, and Sepsis	54
Surgical Infection Society Guidance for Operative and Peri-Operative Care of Adult Patients Infected by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)	46
Surgical Infections in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Global Assessment of the Burden and Management Needs	46
Burn Infection and Burn Sepsis	40
Temporins: An Approach of Potential Pharmaceutic Candidates	38
Costs and Complications Associated with Infected Mesh for Ventral Hernia Repair	38
Attitudes of Anesthesiology Specialists and Residents toward Patients Infected with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): A National Survey Study	36
Surgical Infection Society 2020 Updated Guidelines on the Management of Complicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections	33
Detection of Infection and Sepsis in Burns	29
Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Knee Causes High Levels of Psychosocial Distress: A Prospective Cohort Study	28
Mortality Risk in Necrotizing Fasciitis: National Prevalence, Trend, and Burden	28
Surgical Infection Society Guidelines for Antibiotic Use in Patients with Traumatic Facial Fractures	28
Sepsis and Septic Shock in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	25
Hyperbilirubinemia as an Indicator of Perforated Acute Appendicitis in Pediatric Population: A Prospective Study	23
Synthetic versus Biologic Mesh for Complex Open Ventral Hernia Repair: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial	22
Topical Antimicrobial Agents for Burn Wound Care: History and Current Status	20
Multi-Center Outcomes of Chlorhexidine Oral Decontamination in Intensive Care Units	19
Intra-Cavity Lavage and Wound Irrigation for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis	19
Antibiotic Prophylaxis with Piperacillin–Tazobactam Reduces Post-Operative Infectious Complication after Pancreatic Surgery: An Interventional, Non-Randomized Study	18
Open Fractures: Are We Still Treating the Same Types of Infections?	17
Review of Sepsis in Burn Patients in 2020	16
Estimating the Impact of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections in the United States: Incidence and Re-Admissions	16
Comparison of Traditional and Skin-Sparing Approaches for Surgical Treatment of Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections	15
Advanced Statistics: Multiple Logistic Regression, Cox Proportional Hazards, and Propensity Scores	15
Impact of Appendectomy on Gut Microbiota	15

Risk Factors of Mortality for Patients Receiving Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	15
Fungal Infections in Burn Patients	14
Increasing Globalization and the Movement of Antimicrobial Resistance between Countries	14
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Antimicrobial Agents in Burn Patients	14
Multi-Drug–Resistant Organisms in Burn Infections	14
Pulmonary Echinococcosis or Lung Hydatidosis: A Narrative Review	14
Infections in Pediatric Burn Patients: An Analysis of One Hundred Eighty-One Patients	14
Development of a Sterile Personal Protective Equipment Donning and Doffing Procedure to Protect Surgical Teams from SARS-CoV-2 Exposure during the COVID-19 Pandemic	13
Developing a Surgical Site Infection Surveillance System Based on Hospital Unstructured Clinical Notes and Text Mining	12
Risk Factors of Infectious Complications after Ureteroscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Based on Adjusted Effect Estimate	12
Circulating D-Dimer versus Fibrinogen in the Diagnosis of Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Meta-Analysis	12
Efficacy and Tolerability of Eravacycline in Bacteremic Patients with Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection: A Pooled Analysis from the IGNITE1 and IGNITE4 Studies	12
Pediatric Burn Infection	12
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: Time is Crucial, and the Admitting Service Matters	12
Enterococcus faecalis Is Associated with Anastomotic Leak in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery	12
COVID-19 in Post-Operative Patients: Imaging Findings	12
Transforming a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital into a COVID-19–Designated Hospital	11
Relationship between Sarcopenia and Surgical Site Infection in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Cancer Surgical Procedures	11
Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Breast: A Review of the Literature	11
Catastrophic Healthcare Expenditure from Typhoid Perforation in Children in Nigeria	11
Basic Introduction to Statistics in Medicine, Part 1: Describing Data	11
Relation between Sarcopenia and Surgical Site Infection in Patients Undergoing Gastric Cancer Surgery	11
Infection in Elderly Burn Patients: What Do We Know?	11
Cl-Amidine Improves Survival and Attenuates Kidney Injury in a Rabbit Model of Endotoxic Shock	10
Diagnosis and Treatment of Retroperitoneal Infection	10
Reliability of d-Dimer Determination in Diagnosis of Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	10
Outcomes of Gas-Forming Pyogenic Liver Abscess Are Comparable to Non-Gas-Forming Pyogenic Liver Abscess in the Era of Multi-Modal Care: A Propensity Score Matched Study	10
Development of the Bacterial Spectrum and Antimicrobial Resistance in Surgical Site Infections of Trauma Patients	10
Viral Infections in Burns	10
Splenectomy versus Imaging-Guided Percutaneous Drainage for Splenic Abscess: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	9
Involvement of the Commensal Organism Bacillus subtilis in the Pathogenesis of Anastomotic Leak	9
Post-Operative Infection Prediction and Risk Factor Analysis in Colorectal Surgery Using Data Mining Techniques: A Pilot Study	9
Implementation of World Health Organization Guidelines in the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection in Low- and Middle-Income Countries:What We Know and Do Not Know	9
Diagnosing Post-Cesarean Surgical Site Infections in Rural Rwanda: Development, Validation, and Field Testing of a Screening Algorithm for Use by Community Health Workers	9
Silver as an Antibiotic-Independent Antimicrobial: Review of Current Formulations and Clinical Relevance	9
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Surgical Decision Making	9
Transfusion and Infections in the Burn Patient	9
Comparison of Surgical Outcomes and Predictors in Patients with Monomicrobial Necrotizing Fasciitis and Sepsis Caused by Vibrio vulnificus, Aeromonas hydrophila, and Aeromonas sobria<	9
Multi-Center Prospective Study of Restrictive Post-Operative Antibiotic Treatment of Children with Complicated Appendicitis	9
Fate of Hardware in Spinal Infections	8
Higher Procalcitonin Level in Cerebrospinal Fluid than in Serum Is a Feasible Indicator for Diagnosis of Intracranial Infection	8
Outcomes after Early versus Delayed Urinary Bladder Catheter Removal after Proctectomy for Benign and Malignant Disease in 2,429 Patients: An Observational Cohort Study	8
Morbidity and Mortality Trends of Pancreatitis: An Observational Study	8
Surgical Infection Society Guidance for Restoration of Surgical Services during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic	8
Impact of Incisional Surgical Site Infections on Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction after General Surgery: A Case Controlled Study	8
Retrospective Analysis of Non-Surgical Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis	8
Septic Arthritis of Native Shoulder and Knee Joint: What Are the Differences in Bacterial Spectrum, Treatment, and Outcome?	8
Non-Operative Management of Appendicitis: Evolution, not Revolution	7
Surgical Site Infection after Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures: Rare but Morbid	7
Prevention of Implant-Associated Infection in Neuromodulation: Review of the Literature and Prototype of a Novel Protective Implant Coating	7

Treatment for Mycobacterium abscessus Infection Associated with Fat Grafting	7
Sepsis Definitions in Burns	7
Appendicitis in Low-Resource Settings	7
Association between Nutrition Protocol with Clostridium butyricum MIYAIRI 588 and Reduced Incidence of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Critically Ill Patients: A Single-Center, Bef	7
Oncostatin M Plays a Critical Role in Survival after Acute Intestinal Ischemia: Reperfusion Injury	7
Clinical Features and Prognosis of Gas-Forming and Non-Gas–Forming Pyogenic Liver Abscess: A Comparative Study	7
Early Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection after Hemiarthroplasty for Hip Fracture: Outcomes of Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention	7
Influence of Ward Environments on External Ventricular Drain Infections: A Retrospective Risk Factor Analysis	7
Surgical Site Infection after Digestive Surgery: Diagnosis and Treatment in a Context of Limited Resources	7
Duration of Antibiotic Therapy in Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: Shorter is Safe	7
Pattern of Peri-Operative Antibiotic Use among Surgical Patients in a Regional Referral and Teaching Hospital in Uganda	7
Staging and Personalized Intervention for Infection and Sepsis	7
Assessment of Prognosis in Odontogenic Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis: A Longitudinal Retrospective Study	7
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Appropriate Empiric Anti-Enterococcal Therapy for Intra-Abdominal Infection	7
Epidemiology and Impact of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Trauma Patients: A National Data Analysis	7
Surgical Infection Society: Chest Wall Injury Society Recommendations for Antibiotic Use during Surgical Stabilization of Traumatic Rib or Sternal Fractures to Reduce Risk of Implant Infection	6
Novel Therapeutics for the Treatment of Burn Infection	6
Different Surgeon, Different Duration: Lack of Consensus on the Appropriate Duration of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Therapy in Surgical Practice	6
Clinical and Microbiological Analysis of Deep Sternal Wound Infections in Fifty-Two Consecutive Patients	6
Bacterial Virulence Factors and Their Contribution to Pathophysiology after Thermal Injury	6
Innovations in Infection Prevention and Treatment	6
Clinical Features of Post-Operative Nosocomial Meningitis in Adults and Evaluation of Efficiency of Intrathecal Treatment	6
Aminoglycoside Dosing and Volume of Distribution in Critically Ill Surgery Patients	6
Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Bariatric Surgical Procedures: Is There an Ideal Antimicrobial Agent?	6
Prophylactic Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Reduces Surgical Site Infections in Elective Colorectal Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study	6
Early Procalcitonin Assessment in the Emergency Department in Patients with Intra-Abdominal Infection: An Excess or a Need?	6
Antibacterial Effect of Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles on Infected Wound Healing	6
Epidemiology and Drug Resistance Analysis of Mixed Infection in Orthopedic Surgical Sites	6
Pre-Operative Antibiotic Agents for Facial Fractures: Is More than One Day Necessary?	6
High Number of Door Openings Increases the Bacterial Load of the Operating Room	6
Diagnostic Performance of Total Platelet Count, Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio, and Lymphocyte-to-Monocyte Ratio for Overall and Complicated Pediatric Acute Appendicitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-An	6
Bowel Preparation and Oral Antibiotic Agents for Selective Decontamination in Colorectal Surgery: Current Practice, Perspectives, and Trends in Australia and New Zealand, 2019–2020	6
A Simple Three-Tier Classification System for Triage, Communication, and Resource Utilization by Patients Afflicted with COVID-19 Disease	6
Maximal Infected Mesh Removal with Methylene Blue Injection for Mesh Infection after Inguinal Hernia Repair	6
Effect of Peri-Operative Hyperoxygenation on Surgical Site Infection in Patients Undergoing Emergency Abdominal Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial	6
Intestinal Aspergillosis: Systematic Review on Patterns of Clinical Presentation and Management	6
Recurrent Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections with Atypical Pathogens after Injection Drug Abuse: Another Manifestation of the Opioid Crisis	5
Audit of Post-Splenectomy Prophylaxis in a Single Tertiary Center in Slovenia: Where Are We and What Should Be Done?	5
Pyogenic Liver Abscesses Caused by Acute Appendicitis: Frequency and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Recommendations	5
Trends of Intra-Cranial Bacterial Infection in Patients Requiring Emergency Neurosurgery	5
Influence of Socioeconomic and Environmental Determinants of Health on Human Infection and Colonization with Antibiotic-Resistant and Antibiotic-Associated Pathogens: A Scoping Review	5
Evaluation of Twenty-One Cases of Abdominal Tuberculosis: A Single-Center Experience	5
Prospective Cohort Study on Timing of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Post-Cesarean Surgical Site Infections	5
Global Treatment Outcome after Surgical Site Infection in Elective Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Operations	5
Review of Pre-Operative Skin Preparation Options Based on Surgical Site in Orthopedic Surgery	5
Value and Feasibility of Telephone Follow-Up in Ethiopian Surgical Patients	5
Presentation and Outcomes of Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Comparison of Culture-Positive and Culture-Negative Disease	5
Nylon Skin Sutures Carry a Lower Risk of Post-Operative Infection than Metal Staples in Open Posterior Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Case-Control Study of 270 Patients	5
Predictive Factors for Mortality in Pre-Term Neonates with Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study	5
Difficult to Treat Infections in the Burn Patient	5
Gradually Increasing Surgical Site Infection Prevention Bundle with Monitoring of Potentially Preventable Infections Resulting in Decreasing Overall Surgical Site Infection Rate	5
A Scoring System for Surgical Site Infection after Pancreaticoduodenectomy Using Clinical Data	5
COVID-19–Related Intussusception: A Case Series and Review of the Literature	5
Reining in Sternal Wound Infections: The Achilles' Heel of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting	5
Risk Factors for Infection of Sutured Maxillofacial Soft Tissue Injuries	5
Risk Factors for Enterococcal Intra-Abdominal Infections and Outcomes in Intensive Care Unit Patients	5
Prophylactic Use of Negative Pressure Therapy in General Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	5
Trauma and Antimicrobial Resistance Are Independent Predictors of Inadequate Empirical Antimicrobial Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients	5
Pitfalls in Study Interpretation	4
Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Cefoperazone–Sulbactam in Treatment of Intra-Abdominal Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	4
Intermediate-Term Evaluation of Initial Non-Surgical Management of Pediatric Perianal Abscess and Fistula-In-Ano	4
Infection or Inflammation: Are Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis, Acute Cholecystitis, and Acute Diverticulitis Infectious Diseases?	4
Challenges of Modeling Outcomes for Surgical Infections: A Word of Caution	4
Multi-Drug–Resistant Bacterial Infection after Pancreatoduodenectomy: Risk Factors and Clinical Impact	4
Direct Peritoneal Resuscitation in Trauma Patients Results in Similar Rates of Intra-Abdominal Complications	4
Stakeholder Engagement Significantly Decreased Colorectal Surgical Site Infections	4
Aeromonas caviae and Aeromonas veronii Causing Acute Cholecystitis	4
Evaluation of Antibiotic Duration after Surgical Debridement of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection	4
Inadequate Antibiotic Therapy Results in Higher Recurrence Rate after Drainage of Complicated Peri-Rectal Abscess	4
Proposed Classification of Incision Complications: Analysis of a Prospective Study on Elective Open Lower-Limb Revascularization	4
Fatal Case of Perforated Cytomegalovirus Colitis: Case Report and Systematic Review	4
Evaluation of Intra-Operative Topical Vancomycin and the Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury	4
Ineffective Erythropoietin Response to Anemia in Sepsis	4
Prophylactic Drainage after Appendectomy for Perforated Appendicitis in Adults: A Post Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multi-Center Study	4
Patient and Provider Preferences for Monitoring Surgical Wounds Using an mHealth App: A Formative Qualitative Analysis	4
Current Practice of Acute Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management in China (PANDA-C): A National Cross-Sectional Survey	4
Outcome of Patients with Surgical Site Infection after Craniotomy	4
Immediate Closure of Abdominal Cavity with Biologic Mesh versus Temporary Abdominal Closure of Open Abdomen in Non-Trauma Emergency Patients (CLOSE-UP Study)	4
Association of Intra-Operative Bile Culture with Post-Operative Complications after Pancreaticoduodenectomy	4
Early Recognition of Coronavirus 2019 Disease (COVID-19) Infection in Surgical Inpatients: The Importance of a Risk-Stratified Approach for Early Testing and Isolation	4

Effect of an Intensified Antibiotic Stewardship Program at an Orthopedic Surgery Department	4
Risk Factors of DAIR Failure and Validation of the KLIC Score: A Multicenter Study of Four Hundred Fifty-Five Patients	4
Comparison of Infectious Complications after Surgical Fixation versus Epidural Analgesia for Acute Rib Fractures	4
Prevention of Orthopedic Prosthetic Infections Using Evidence-Based Surgical Site Infection Care Bundles: A Narrative Review	4
Fever Is Associated with Reduced Mortality in Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Infections	4
Gut Microbiome in Sepsis	4
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection in the Elderly: Effect of Pre-Operative Factors on Mortality and Discharge Disposition	4
Effect of Intra-Operative Hypothermia on Post-Operative Morbidity in Patients with Colorectal Cancer	4
Letter to the Editor: Between-Group Comparison Fallacy (Re: Surg Infect 2022;3:1-8; doi: 10.1089/sur.2021.154)	4
Increased Surgical Site Subcutaneous Fat Thickness Is Associated with Infection after Posterior Cervical Fusion	4
Basic Introduction to Statistics in Medicine, Part 2: Comparing Data	4
Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Knowledge and Practices of Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital	4
Survey of National Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	4
Utility of the Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis Score: Comorbid Conditions Do Matter	4
Risk Stratification for Superficial Surgical Site Infection after Emergency Trauma Laparotomy	4
Impact of Multi-Drug–Resistant Pneumonia on Outcomes of Critically Ill Trauma Patients	4
Improving Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Appendicitis through Risk-Based Empiric Treatment Selection	4
Fatal Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infection Caused byClostridium tetaniin an Injecting Drug User: A Case Report	4
Globulin and Albumin/Globulin Ratios as Potential Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Acute and Chronic Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infections: A Retrospective Study	4
Reduction of Surgical Site Infection After Trauma Laparotomy Through Use of a Specific Protocol for Antibiotic Prophylaxis	4
Long-Acting Lipoglycopeptides for the Treatment of Bone and Joint Infections	4
Omicron, Long-COVID, and the Safety of Elective Surgery for Adults and Children: Joint Guidance from the Therapeutics and Guidelines Committee of the Surgical Infection Society and the Surgery Strateg	4
Global Perspectives in Controversies Related to the Management of Intra-Abdominal Infections	4
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rates of Ninety-Day Peri-Prosthetic Joint and Surgical Site Infections after Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Multicenter, Retrospective Study	4
Hydatid Disease of the Liver in the Middle East: A Single Center Experience	4