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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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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum, Virchowstrasse 10, 78224, Singen, Germany

    Axel Probst, Stefanie Bushuven & Ronny Langenhan

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH, Flemmingstraße 2, 09116, Chemnitz, Germany

    Niklas Reimers

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Probst, A., Reimers, N., Bushuven, S. et al. 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. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 42, 1199–1200 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-018-3872-4

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