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SUBMITTER: Vicentini C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7999678 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vicentini Costanza C Gianino Maria Michela MM Corradi Alessio A Marengo Noemi N Bordino Valerio V Corcione Silvia S De Rosa Francesco Giuseppe FG Fattore Giovanni G Zotti Carla Maria CM
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 20210304 3
Standard surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) regimens are less effective in preventing surgical site infections (SSIs) due to rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rates, particularly for patients undergoing colorectal surgery. This study aimed to evaluate whether ertapenem should be a preferred strategy for the prevention of SSIs following elective colorectal surgery compared to three standard SAP regimens: amoxicillin-clavulanate, cefoxitin, and cefazolin plus metronidazole. A cost-effect ...[more]