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Antibiotics are not needed during tube thoracostomy for spontaneous pneumothorax: an observational case study
BACKGROUND: Usefulness of prophylactic antibiotics following tube thoracostomy remains controversial in the literature. In this study, we aimed to investigate the consequences of closed tube thoracostomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax without the use of antibiotics. METHODS: One-hundred and ni...
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BioMed Central
2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1647271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17101034 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-1-43 |