Antibiotic Prophylaxis With Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole Instead of Cloxacillin Fails to Improve Inguinal Surgical Site Infection Rate After Vascular Surgery
Conclusion:
There was no difference between the 2 groups, suggesting that the choice of antibiotic prophylaxis had a limited role in preventing SSI at our center. Despite this, the lower cost and ease of the administration of TMP-SMX can be seen as convincing advantages.
Source: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Hasselmann, J., Kuhme, T., Acosta, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
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