Pattern of antibiotics use, incidence and predictors of surgical site infections in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Abstract Objective Surgical site infections (SSIs) were the most common healthcare-associated infection mainly in developing countries. Inappropriate use of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis, in terms of antibiotic choice, timing, and duration, can lead to the selection of resistant microorganisms and...

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Main Authors: Ezaedin Halawi, Tamrat Assefa, Sadikalmahdi Hussen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3643-8