Which Orthopaedic Patients Are Infected with Gram-negative Non-fermenting Rods?
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Open Access
- 15 January 2017
- journal article
- Published by Copernicus GmbH in Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
- Vol. 2 (2) , 73-76
Abstract
Background: 1st and 2nd generation cephalosporins used for perioperative prophylaxis in orthopaedic surgery do not cover non-fermenting Gram-negative rods (NFR).Keywords
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