A surgical site infection was diagnosed by the attending physician before post-surgical wounds were swabbed during the 30 postoperative days under aseptic technique. The skin around the surgical wound was sterilized with 70% ethyl alcohol using a sterile cotton-wool swab. We avoided touching the surrounding tissues to prevent swab contamination with endogenous skin flora.
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