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Risk of surgical site infection, acute kidney injury, and Clostridium difficile infection following antibiotic prophylaxis with vancomycin plus a beta-lactam versus either drug alone: A national propensity-score-adjusted retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: The optimal regimen for perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis is controversial. Use of combination prophylaxis with a beta-lactam plus vancomycin is increasing; however, the relative risks and benefits associated with this strategy are unknown. Thus, we sought to compare postoperative...

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Autores principales: Branch-Elliman, Westyn, Ripollone, John E., O’Brien, William J., Itani, Kamal M. F., Schweizer, Marin L., Perencevich, Eli, Strymish, Judith, Gupta, Kalpana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5503171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28692690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002340