Effect of Extended Prophylactic Antibiotic Duration in the Treatment of Open Fracture Wounds Differs by Level of Contamination

OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between prophylactic antibiotic duration after the definitive wound closure of an open fracture and deep surgical site infection (SSI). DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: 41 clinical sites in the United States, Canada, Australia, Norway, and India. P...

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Published in:J Orthop Trauma
Main Authors: Stennett, Christina A., O’Hara, Nathan N., Sprague, Sheila, Petrisor, Brad, Jeray, Kyle J., Leekha, Surbhi, Yimgang, Doris P., Joshi, Manjari, O’Toole, Robert V., Bhandari, Mohit, P. Slobogean, Gerard
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8077225/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32084088
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BOT.0000000000001715
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