Surgical infections
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Surgical infections · Jan 2000
Comparative StudySurgeons and infectious disease specialists: different attitudes towards antibiotic treatment and prophylaxis in common abdominal surgical infections.
The role of medical infectious disease (ID) specialists in the treatment of surgical infections is increasing but no information is available regarding the therapeutic perception held by these non-surgeons treating surgical infections. The purpose of this study was to assess the attitude of the ID specialists towards antibiotic treatment and prophylaxis of common abdominal surgical infections and to compare it with that of surgeons "interested" in this field. ⋯ Medical ID specialists may overtreat common surgical infections with antibiotics. Surgical infections should be treated by surgeons.
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Surgical infections · Jan 2000
Biography Historical Article Classical ArticleEffect of preoperative neomycin-erythromycin intestinal preparation on the incidence of infectious complications following colon surgery. 1973.