ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN BARIATRIC SURGERY: a continuous infusion of cefazolin versus ampicillin/sulbactam and ertapenem

Background The incidence of surgical site infection in bariatric patients is significant and the current recommendations for antibiotic prophylaxis are sometimes inadequate. Objective The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of three prophylactic antibiotic regimens on the incidence of surgic...

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Main Authors: Álvaro Antônio Bandeira FERRAZ, Luciana Teixeira de SIQUEIRA, Josemberg Marins CAMPOS, Guido Correa de ARAÚJO JUNIOR, Euclides Dias MARTINS FILHO, Edmundo Machado FERRAZ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2015-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032015000200083&lng=en&tlng=en