The effect of early broad-spectrum versus delayed narrow-spectrum antibiotic therapy on the primary cure rate of acute infection after osteosynthesis.

Pien HellebrekersMichiel H J VerhofstadLuke P H LeenenHilal VarolEsther M M van LieshoutFalco Hietbrink

Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2019)

Both protocols yielded high overall success rates. Immediate empirical antibiotics can be used safely without additional bacterial resistance and may contribute to increased success rates.

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