Role of preoperative Multitest findings on predicting postoperative infectious complications.
On 100 patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery, relationships between preoperative Multitest findings of delayed hypersensitivity and postoperative infectious complications were investigated. Multitest preoperative quantitative data, due to its strict antigen potency and standardization of technique, have shown to be reliable in excluding postoperative infections and they are also a good indicator in predicting them.
D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000276:immunology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000276:immunology; D011379:Prognosis; D012882:Skin Tests; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000276:immunology*