Observational, Prospective Single-Center Study of Antibiotic Prophylaxis with High-Dose Cefoxitin in Bariatric Surgery | Zendy

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Observational, Prospective Single-Center Study of Antibiotic Prophylaxis with High-Dose Cefoxitin in Bariatric Surgery

Author(s) -

Thibaut Belveyre,

Philippe Guerci,

Elise Pape,

Nathalie Thilly,

Kossar Hosseini,

Laurent Brunaud,

Nicolas Gambier,

Claude Meistelman,

Marie-Reine Losser,

Julien Birckener,

Julien ScalaBertola,

Emmanuel Novy

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.01613-19

Subject(s) - cefoxitin , medicine , observational study , antibiotic prophylaxis , antibiotics , surgery , single center , prospective cohort study , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics

The optimal dose of cefoxitin for antibiotic prophylaxis in obese patients remains uncertain. We evaluated the adequacy of a 4-gram dosing regimen of cefoxitin against the most frequent pathogens that infect patients undergoing bariatric surgery.

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