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2143. Incidence of Infection in Patients Receiving Short vs. Long Duration of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Neurosurgery

BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections in neurosurgery occur in up to 10% of procedures. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists guidelines promote antimicrobial prophylaxis (AP) for up to 24 hours from neurosurgery using cefazolin while the Neurocritical Care Society guidelines promote sing...

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Autores principales: Bast, Chelsea, Colley, Peter, Roth, Jennifer, Nguyen, Hoa, Naftalis, Richard, Berhe, Mezgebe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252397/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1799