American journal of infection control
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Am J Infect Control · Dec 1996
Surgical wound infections diagnosed after discharge from hospital: epidemiologic differences with in-hospital infections.
The purpose of this study was to study postoperative infections detected in hospital and after discharge and to identify risk factors for such infections. ⋯ There were important epidemiologic differences between in-hospital SWI and postdischarge SWI; most risk factors for in-hospital SWI are not predictors for postdischarge SWI.