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01-05-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Response to the letter to the editor: Li Y, Wang J, Wang W (2018) Peri-operative antibiotic treatment of bacteriuria reduces early deep surgical site infections in geriatric patients with proximal femur fracture: is it related? Int Orthop. Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s00264-018-3784-3

Authors: Axel Probst, Niklas Reimers, Stefanie Bushuven, Ronny Langenhan

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 5/2018

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Li Y, Wang J, Wang W (2018) Peri-operative antibiotic treatment of bacteriuria reduces early deep surgical site infections in geriatric patients with proximal femur fracture: is it related? Int Orthop. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-018-3784-3

Langenhan R, Bushuven S, Reimers N, Probst A (2017) Peri-operative antibiotic treatment of bacteriuria reduces early deep surgical site infections in geriatric patients with proximal femur fracture. Int Orthop. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-017-3708-7

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Title: Response to the letter to the editor: Li Y, Wang J, Wang W (2018) Peri-operative antibiotic treatment of bacteriuria reduces early deep surgical site infections in geriatric patients with proximal femur fracture: is it related? Int Orthop. Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s00264-018-3784-3
Authors: Axel Probst
Niklas Reimers
Stefanie Bushuven
Ronny Langenhan
Publication date: 01-05-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-018-3872-4

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Response to the letter to the editor: Li Y, Wang J, Wang W (2018) Peri-operative antibiotic treatment of bacteriuria reduces early deep surgical site infections in geriatric patients with proximal femur fracture: is it related? Int Orthop. Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s00264-018-3784-3

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