Peri-operative antibiotic treatment of bacteriuria reduces early deep surgical site infections in geriatric patients with proximal femur fracture: is it related?

Int Orthop. 2018 Mar;42(3):719-720. doi: 10.1007/s00264-018-3784-3. Epub 2018 Jan 29.

Authors

Yihan Li¹, Jianpeng Wang¹, Wanchun Wang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopedics, the 2nd Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139 Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China.
² Department of Orthopedics, the 2nd Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139 Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China. wanchun.wang@csu.edu.cn.

PMID: 29379982
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-018-3784-3

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacteriuria*
Femoral Fractures
Fracture Fixation, Internal
Humans
Surgical Wound Infection*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents