%0 Journal Article
%T Management of culture-negative surgical site infections
%A B. Ravinder Reddy
%J Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences
%D 2012
%I Deccan College of Medical Sciences
%X Infections at the surgical site delays wound healing, prolongs hospitalization, increases morbidity and the overall costs. These issues are compounded when the postoperative infection is culture-negative. This article outlines the general principles of managing postoperative surgical site infections, with an emphasis on culture-negative infections. Practical issues, in the absence of positive culture are discussed, together with practice points to minimize the incidence of culture-negative surgical site infections.
%K Surgical site infections
%K Gram positive
%K Gram negative
%K bacterial culture
%K culture negative SSIs
%U http://www.jmas.in/Vol2Issue1/Management%20of%20Culture%20Negative%20Surgical%20Site%20Infections.pdf