Administration of antibiotic agents before intraoperative sampling in orthopedic infections alters culture results

Al-Mayahi, Mohamed Abdul-Basit; Cian, Anais; Lipsky, Benjamin Alan; Suva, Domizio; Müller, Camillo; Landelle, Caroline; Miozzari, Hermès Howard; Uckay, Ilker

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2015.08.002

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Administration of antibiotic agents before intraoperative sampling in orthopedic infections alters culture results

ContributorsAl-Mayahi, Mohamed Abdul-Basit; Cian, Anais; Lipsky, Benjamin Alan; Suva, Domizio; Müller, Camillo; Landelle, Caroline; Miozzari, Hermès Howard

; Uckay, Ilker

Published inThe Journal of infection, vol. 71, no. 5, p. 518-525

Publication date2015

Abstract

Many physicians and surgeons think that prescribing antibiotics before intraoperative sampling does not alter the microbiological results.

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Mécanismes physiopathologiques de l'arthrose (960)

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AL-MAYAHI, Mohamed Abdul-Basit et al. Administration of antibiotic agents before intraoperative sampling in orthopedic infections alters culture results. In: The Journal of infection, 2015, vol. 71, n° 5, p. 518–525. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.08.002

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PID : unige:90593
DOI : 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.08.002
PMID : 26283328

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0163445315002534

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Administration of antibiotic agents before intraoperative sampling in orthopedic infections alters culture results

Many physicians and surgeons think that prescribing antibiotics before intraoperative sampling does not alter the microbiological results.

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