Should antibiotic prophylaxis before orthopedic implant surgery depend on the duration of pre-surgical hospital stay?

Marie DavatLydia WuarinDimitrios StafylakisMohamed AbbasStephan HarbarthDidier HannoucheIlker Uçkay

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2018)

In our retrospective cohort of orthopedic implant SSI, the length of pre-surgical hospital stay was unrelated to the incidence of prophylaxis-resistant pathogens.

Keyphrases

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