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. 2024 Apr 1;96(4):674-682.
doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004233. Epub 2023 Dec 18.

Antibiotic prophylaxis in trauma: Global Alliance for Infection in Surgery, Surgical Infection Society Europe, World Surgical Infection Society, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines

Federico Coccolini  1 , Massimo Sartelli, Robert Sawyer, Kemal Rasa, Marco Ceresoli, Bruno Viaggi, Fausto Catena, Dimitrios Damaskos, Enrico Cicuttin, Camilla Cremonini, Ernest E Moore, Walter L Biffl, Raul Coimbra
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Antibiotic prophylaxis in trauma: Global Alliance for Infection in Surgery, Surgical Infection Society Europe, World Surgical Infection Society, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines

Federico Coccolini et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. .

Abstract

Trauma is a complex disease, and the use of antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) in trauma patients is common practice. However, considering the increasing rates of antibiotic resistance, AP use should be questioned and limited only to specific cases. Antibiotic stewardship is of paramount importance in fighting resistance spread. Definitive rules or precise indications about AP in trauma remain unclear. The present article describes the indications of AP in traumatic lesions to the head, brain, torso, maxillofacial, extremities, skin, and soft tissues endorsed by the Global Alliance for Infection in Surgery, Surgical Infection Society Europe, World Surgical Infection Society, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and World Society of Emergency Surgery.

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