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01-03-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Peri-operative antibiotic treatment of bacteriuria reduces early deep surgical site infections in geriatric patients with proximal femur fracture: is it related?

Authors: Yihan Li, Jianpeng Wang, Wanchun Wang

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 3/2018

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Title: Peri-operative antibiotic treatment of bacteriuria reduces early deep surgical site infections in geriatric patients with proximal femur fracture: is it related?
Authors: Yihan Li
Jianpeng Wang
Wanchun Wang
Publication date: 01-03-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-018-3784-3

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Peri-operative antibiotic treatment of bacteriuria reduces early deep surgical site infections in geriatric patients with proximal femur fracture: is it related?

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