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Should Cefazolin Be the First-line Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Choice in Patients Undergoing Hysterectomy? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Current practice guidelines non-preferentially recommend cefazolin, cefoxitin, cefotetan, or ampicillin-sulbactam as first line choices for antibiotic prophylaxis in hysterectomy. We undertook a systematic review to determine whether cefazolin, with no anti-anaerobic activity, is as effe...

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Autores principales: Pop-Vicas, Aurora, Johnson, Stephen, Safdar, Nasia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631282/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1732