Open AccessAssociation of Bariatric Surgery With Risk of Infectious Diseases: A Self-Controlled Case Series Analysis
Author(s) -
Tadahiro Goto,
Atsushi Hirayama,
Mohammad Kamal Faridi,
Carlos A. Camargo,
Kohei Hasegawa
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix541
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , obesity , risk factor , emergency department , urinary system , surgery , weight loss , psychiatry
Although emerging data demonstrate that obesity is a risk factor for infectious diseases, no study has investigated the relationship of bariatric surgery with the risk of infectious diseases among obese adults.
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