Efficacy of 24 hours versus 5 days of prophylactic antibiotics for the prevention of surgical site infection in outpatient elective facial plastic surgery
Background: The discovery of penicillin marked a paradigm shift in medicine with the ability to treat previously life-threatening infections. Increasing antibiotic resistance as well as the risk of adverse reactions to antibiotics, however, creates pressures for judicious use. There continues to be...
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-06-01
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Series: | JPRAS Open |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352587824000172 |