Urology
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 119-123 , July 2008

Incisional Surgical Site Infection in Kidney Transplantation

  • Antonio Ramos

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Antonio Ramos, San Martín de Porres 4, 28035 Madrid, TF 34 913445000, 34 646 829 554, Spain.
    • ,
  • Angel Asensio

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Elena Muñez

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Julian Torre-Cisneros

      Affiliations

    • RESITRA (Network for the Study of Infections in Transplantation)-GESITRA (Infection in Transplant Study Group), REIPI (Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases), Spain
    • ,
  • Miguel Montejo

      Affiliations

    • RESITRA (Network for the Study of Infections in Transplantation)-GESITRA (Infection in Transplant Study Group), REIPI (Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases), Spain
    • ,
  • Jose Maria Aguado

      Affiliations

    • RESITRA (Network for the Study of Infections in Transplantation)-GESITRA (Infection in Transplant Study Group), REIPI (Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases), Spain
    • ,
  • Federico Cofán

      Affiliations

    • RESITRA (Network for the Study of Infections in Transplantation)-GESITRA (Infection in Transplant Study Group), REIPI (Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases), Spain
    • ,
  • Jordi Carratalá

      Affiliations

    • RESITRA (Network for the Study of Infections in Transplantation)-GESITRA (Infection in Transplant Study Group), REIPI (Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases), Spain
    • ,
  • Oscar Len

      Affiliations

    • RESITRA (Network for the Study of Infections in Transplantation)-GESITRA (Infection in Transplant Study Group), REIPI (Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases), Spain
    • ,
  • Jose Miguel Cisneros

      Affiliations

    • RESITRA (Network for the Study of Infections in Transplantation)-GESITRA (Infection in Transplant Study Group), REIPI (Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases), Spain

Received 22 July 2007 ,Accepted 8 November 2007.

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 RESITRA (Network for the Study of Infections in Transplantation) is a research network consisting of several Spanish public hospitals, with funding granted by the Spanish National Health Service.

PII: S0090-4295(07)02400-4

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.11.030

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 119-123 , July 2008

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