Journal article
How Successful Is Antibiotic Treatment for Superficial Surgical Site Infections After Open Fracture? A Fluid Lavage of Open Wounds (FLOW) Cohort Secondary Analysis.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although many studies report the incidence and prevalence of surgical site infections (SSIs) after open fractures, there is limited information on the treatment and subsequent outcomes of superficial SSIs in patients with open fractures. Additionally, clinical studies describing the factors that are associated with persistent infection after nonoperative treatment with antibiotics for patients with superficial SSIs are lacking.
Authors
Prada C; Tanner SL; Marcano-Fernández FA; Bzovsky S; Schemitsch EH; Jeray K; Petrisor B; Bhandari M; Sprague S
Journal
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®, Vol. 478, No. 12, pp. 2846–2855
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
December 2020
DOI
10.1097/corr.0000000000001293
ISSN
0009-921X