Duration of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria - Authors' reply

Affiliations

¹ Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit, Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Electronic address: allegranzib@who.int.
² Bolzano Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy; Annecy-Genevois Hospital Centre, Epagny Metz-Tessy, France.
³ Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Infection Control Programme and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety (Infection Control and Improving Practices), University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.

Comment

Benedetta Allegranzi et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Apr.

. 2017 Apr;17(4):370-371.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30144-5.

¹ Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit, Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Electronic address: allegranzib@who.int.
² Bolzano Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy; Annecy-Genevois Hospital Centre, Epagny Metz-Tessy, France.
³ Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Infection Control Programme and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety (Infection Control and Improving Practices), University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Duration of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria.
Ramos JA, Lemos EV, Ruano-Ravina A. Ramos JA, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Apr;17(4):370. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30142-1. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 28346179 No abstract available.