Surgical Site Infection MCQ — NEET PG Practice Question | NEETPGAI
Surgical Site Infection
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A 52-year-old man undergoes elective open cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis. On postoperative day 5, he develops fever (38.5°C), purulent drainage from the surgical wound, and erythema at the incision site. Culture of the wound fluid is sent. Which is the most common causative organism in surgical site infections following clean-contaminated procedures?
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