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Concordance of local guidelines with national guidelines on perioperative antibiotic and antiseptic prophylaxis in elective oral and maxillofacial surgery: A cross-sectional survey in the Netherlands

Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2021
Local antibiotic guidelines should comply with national guidelines on perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis to adequately reduce surgical site infections in high-risk oral and maxillofacial (OMF) operations.
Teuntje Kamps, Mark Kregel, Saskia Kuipers, Tong Xi, Jaap ten Oever   +4 more
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Antibiotic prophylaxis during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in the prevention of urinary tract infections in patients with sterile urine before the procedure [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction: There are controversies in the literature regarding the need and the duration of antibiotic prophylaxis in patients with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), who had a negative urine culture before the operation.
Balmehd, M., Ghazimoghaddam, B., Gholipoor, M., Tajari, H.   +3 more
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European surveillance of infections in cancer patients - ESIC [PDF]

, 1999
Major advances in cancer therapy result from development of multidrug chemotherapy regimens. Besides death from tumor progression, infections are currently one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity.
Buchheidt, D., Donnelly, J. P., Helmerking, M., Hiddemann, Wolfgang, Karthaus, M., Krcmery, V., Schiel, X., Wilhelm, M.   +7 more
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Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: is the clinical practice based on evidence?

Einstein (São Paulo), 2020
Objective: To assess the surgical antibiotic prophylaxis. Methods: This was a descriptive study performed at a public tertiary care university hospital gathering prescription, sociodemographic and hospitalization data of inpatients admitted in 2014 who ...
Lucas Borges Pereira, Cinara Silva Feliciano, Diego Silva Siqueira, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Leonardo Régis Leira Pereira   +4 more
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Scaling-up co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children in high HIV-prevalence countries. [PDF]

, 2007
Co-trimoxazole (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) is a widely available antibiotic that substantially reduces HIV-related morbidity and mortality in both adults and children.
Abdel-Haq, Anglaret, Anglaret, Ansari, Anthony D Harries, Badri, Boerma, Chewe Luo, Chintu, Chintu, Creek, Gill, Graham, Graham, Gretchen Bachman, Grimwade, Manzi, Mermin, Mermin, Mwaungulu, Nathoo, Perez, Ponnet, Rony Zachariah, Ruffini, Stephen M Graham, Thera, Watera, Wiktor, Yazdanpanah, Zachariah, Zachariah, Zachariah, Zachariah   +33 more
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Characterizing infection in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis:results from a longitudinal, matched-cohort data linkage study [PDF]

, 2020
Objectives: Infection exerts a major burden in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), however, its precise extent and nature remains unclear. In this national study we aimed to longitudinally quantify, characterize and contextualize infection risk in AAV ...
Amft, Nicole, Basu, Neil, Black, Corri, Dhaun, Neeraj, Erwig, Lars, Harvie, John, Kumar, Vinod, Marks, Angharad, McGeoch, Lucy, McLaren, John, Sarica, Shifa H., Sznajd, Jan   +11 more
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Adherence to hospital’s guidelines [PDF]

, 2016
This study was designed to assess the compliance to local hospital guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in general surgery in terms of the appropriateness of prophylactic antibiotic indication, the choice of antibiotic, the dose administered, the ...
Bonello, Daniela, Stafrace, Yanika
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Clostridium difficile colitis in patients after kidney and pancreas-kidney transplantation [PDF]

, 2004
Limited data exist about Clostridium difficile colitis (CDC) in solid organ transplant patients. Between 1/1/99 and 12/31/02, 600 kidney and 102 pancreas–kidney allograft recipients were transplanted.
Basu, A, Fung, JJ, Keven, K, Marcos, A, Re, L, Shapiro, R, Simmons, RL, Starzl, TE, Tan, H   +8 more
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Infection Risk-Adjusted Antibiotic Prophylaxis Strategies in Arthroplasty: Short Review of Evidence and Experiences of a Tertiary Center in Spain

Orthopedic Research and Reviews, 2020
Pablo Sanz-Ruiz,1 Christof Berberich2 1Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, University Hospital Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain; 2Department of Medical Training, Heraeus Medical GmbH, Wehrheim, GermanyCorrespondence: Christof BerberichDepartment
Sanz-Ruiz P, Berberich C
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Prosthetic joint infections [PDF]

, 2013
Objectives: To review the available literature on prosthetic joint infections and provide recommendations on management particularly the importance of identifying the causative organism and starting the most appropriate antimicrobial therapy.
Fsadni, Claudia, Fsadni, Peter
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