BACKGROUND Postoperative wound infection also called as surgical site infection (SSI), is a trouble some complication of lumbar spine surgeries and they can be associated with serious morbidities, mortalities and increase resource utilization. With the improvement in diagnostic modalities, proper surgical techniques, antibiotic therapy and postoperative care, infectious complications can result...

BACKGROUND Joint infection might be one of the rare but serious complications following a total knee or hip arthroplasty (TKA, THA). A previous intra-articular steroid injection was considered as a risk factor. The purpose of present study was to access the effects of ipsilateral intra-articular steroid injection followed by TKA or THA on the incidence of infections later. MATERIAL AND METHOD...

BACKGROUND Preoperative skin antisepsis has the potential to decrease the risk of surgical-site infection. However, evidence is limited to guide the choice of antiseptic agent at cesarean delivery, which is the most common major surgical procedure among women in the United States. METHODS In this single-center, randomized, controlled trial, we evaluated whether the use of chlorhexidine-alcoho...

Superficial fungal infections are caused by many fungi, which can invade various aspects of the human body effect skin, hair, and nails, widely observed in world. Causative agents Candida species, dermatophytes, Malassezia species. This study aims to knowledge gender difference about superficial among immune compromised patients Dhi Qar Governorate. A non-probability (convenience sample) 500 sa...

Background and Aim: Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is one of the most important complications after spine surgeries. Different methods have been proposed to prevent this type of infection. The present study was performed to evaluate the effect of applying topical vancomycin powder on prevention of SSI in patients undergoing spinal surgery using implants in Al-Zahra Hospital, Isfahan, Iran from F...

Qooba (dermatophytosis) is the roughness on surface of skin, which associated with itching, scaling, erythema, and dryness. In modern literature, Dermatophytosis defined as a superficial infection keratinized layer skin caused by group keratinophilic fungi. According to Unani Medicine, blood dyscrasia responsible for pathogenesis (dermatophytosis). commonest form affecting about 20-25% world po...

superficial fungal infections are one of the most prevalent skin diseases worldwide.according to clinical reports, dermatophytosis has been the most prevalent form ofsuperficial infections. it is well documented that the epidemiology of skin infectionsmight change over time. the aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology andprevalence of superficial fungal infections in dormitory studen...

BackgroundNasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus are at increased risk postoperative surgical site infection. Nasal decolonization with mupirocin is recommended in patients undergoing cardiac surgery to reduce These data still lacking Thailand. Therefore, the aim this study was determine prevalence S. nasal carriage Thai elective surgery. The association infection and also examined.MethodsThis...