An anesthesia perspective on surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: Results of a comprehensive infectiology survey study in German hospitals

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
² Department of Urology, St. Elisabeth-Hospital Straubing, Straubing, Germany.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Ruppiner Kliniken, Neuruppin, Germany.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy, St Elisabeth-Hospital Straubing, Straubing, Germany.
⁵ Department of Urology, St. Elisabeth-Hospital Straubing, Straubing, Germany MR2 Study Group. Electronic address: matthias.may@klinikum-straubing.de.

Comment

Haitham Mutlak et al. Am J Infect Control. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb;47(2):222-223.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.08.017. Epub 2018 Oct 15.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
² Department of Urology, St. Elisabeth-Hospital Straubing, Straubing, Germany.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Ruppiner Kliniken, Neuruppin, Germany.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy, St Elisabeth-Hospital Straubing, Straubing, Germany.
⁵ Department of Urology, St. Elisabeth-Hospital Straubing, Straubing, Germany MR2 Study Group. Electronic address: matthias.may@klinikum-straubing.de.

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