Prophylactic Antibiotics: Administration and Timing before Operation Are More Important than Administration after Operation
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- 1 April 2007
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 44 (7) , 928-930
Abstract
Van Kasteren et al. [1] have published an interesting analysis of prospectively collected data regarding antibiotic prophylaxis among 1922 patients who underwenKeywords
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