The Infective Dose of Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria in Postoperative Wound Sepsis

The effective period of preventive antibiotic action in experimental incisions and dermal lesions.

1961 • 1,301 citations

The virulence of Staphylococcus pyogenes for man; a study of the problems of wound infection.

1957 • 635 citations

Microbial synergy in experimental intra-abdominal abscess

1976 • 402 citations

The virulence of staph pyogenes for man : a study of wound infection

1957 • 390 citations

Respiratory gas tensions and pH in healing wounds

1967 • 234 citations

Postoperative wound infection: A computer analysis

1971 • 185 citations

Incidence and Significance of Intraperitoneal Anaerobic bacteria

1975 • 140 citations

WOUND SEPSIS AFTER CLEAN OPERATIONS

1964 • 126 citations

Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Bowel Preparation for Elective Colorectal Operations

1978 • 123 citations

Wound infection: a controlled clinical and experimental demonstration of synergy between aerobic (Escherichia coli) and anaerobic (Bacteroides fragilis) bacteria.

1980 • 63 citations

SURGICAL WOUND SEPSIS

1979 • 57 citations

The Reclosure of Postoperative Incisional Abscesses Based on Bacterial Quantification of the Wound

1970 • 53 citations

EXPERIMENTAL STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS IN MAN

1960 • 42 citations

The value of an operative wound swab sent in transport medium in the prediction of later clinical wound infection: A controlled clinical and bacteriological evaluation

1978 • 41 citations

Prophylaxis of postappendicectomy sepsis by metronidazole and cefotaxime; a randomized, prospective and double blind trial

1983 • 41 citations

Acute appendicitis in the over-sixty age group

1985 • 39 citations

Anaerobic and aerobic skin bacteria before and after skin-disinfection with chlorhexidine: an experimental study in volunteers.

1975 • 30 citations

Membrane filter contact technique for bacteriological sampling of moist surfaces

1980 • 27 citations

Isolation of anaerobic and aerobic bacteria from clean surgical wounds: an experimental and clinical study

1983 • 25 citations

Prophylactic metronidazole in prevention of infection after appendicectomy: report of a double-blind trial.

1980 • 24 citations

A Danish multicenter study: Cefoxitin versus ampicillin + metronidazole in perforated appendicitis

1984 • 21 citations

Wound infections in appendicitis: Effective prophylaxis

1984 • 20 citations

New technique for quantitative bacteriological sampling of wounds by velvet pads: clinical sampling trial

1975 • 19 citations

The Nature of the "Irreducible Minimum" Rate of Incisional Sepsis

1966 • 17 citations

Jejunal Morphology and Mucosal Enzyme Activity Following Intestinal Shunt Operation for Obesity

1976 • 14 citations

THE MICROBIOLOGICAL SWAB SAMPLER ‐ A QUANTITATIVE EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

1978 • 13 citations

Antimicrobial prophylaxis in appendectomy patients

1982 • 12 citations

Bacterial quantification of peritoneal exudates.

1970 • 9 citations

Penetration of metronidazole to tissues

1983 • 9 citations

Velvet pad surface sampling of anaerobic and aerobic bacteria: an in vitro laboratory model.

1982 • 7 citations

Penetration of penicillin into laparotomy wounds to reduce bacterial contamination during intestinal operations.

1976 • 3 citations