title: [Prevalence and frequency of factors associated with infection in patients older than 18 years with closed fractures].
abstract: Surgical site infection (ISO) is the most common nosocomial infection and is a process associated with multiple factors, which together generate a condition that directly affects the welfare of the patient.
  
  
  
  Cross-sectional study, conducted over 1 year period, the sample size was established for all patients who met the inclusion criteria. An instrument takes the variables; double tabulation of patients is performed in Excel 2013 and data are analyzed in Stata version 11.
  
  
  
  The average age was 44.3 ± 18.8 years and the male: female ratio is 1.7:1. Clinical features, lower limbs are the most affected and 21.9 % of cases affect the femur. A prevalence of 6.6 % was found, being the most common deep infection classification. Staphylococcus aureus was cultured in 38.5% of which 40% were methicillin sensible.
  
  
  
  ISO prevalence in patients with closed fractures in HUS is 6.6% higher compared with literature data. The findings of this study it was established that hemoglobin below 10 g/dl, transfusion, reoperation and surgical risk ASA were associated statistically with ISO.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Rincón-Cardozo
authors.affiliation: Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sauza-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Padilla-Rueda
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB), Santander, Colombia.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Rincón-Cardozo
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Valle, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.|Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia.
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Díaz-Mantilla
authors.affiliation: Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Abril-Gaona
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection
keywords: Infection; fractures; incidence; surgery