Prolonged Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Cardiovascular Surgery and Its Effect on Surgical Site Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance
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- 27 June 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 101 (25), 2916-2921
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.101.25.2916
Abstract
Background—Despite evidence supporting short antibiotic prophylaxis (ABP), it is still common practice to continue ABP for more than 48 hours after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Meth...Keywords
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