| nosocomial infection in pediatric surgical patients: a study of 608 infants and children. | we studied nosocomial infection in a group of 608 pediatric surgical patients over a 14-month period. all inpatients and outpatients who received an operation with an incision by the pediatric general surgical service were entered into the study. demographic, nutritional, clinical, and laboratory data were collected. surveillance was conducted for wound infection, septicemia, infections of the respiratory tract, urinary tract, and abdomen, and infectious diarrhea. a total of 676 operative proced ... | 1993 | 8468643 |