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< 0.05). The surgical site infection rate was 18% in group 1 and 13% in group 2. Organisms isolated from the sites of postoperative infections were not identical with those from the peritoneal fluid. This relatively brief course preparation minimized the emergence of resistant strains. However, in spite of the colonic bacterial burden and the intraoperative inoculation in the patients with mechanical cleansing alone, their incidence of subsequent infections was comparable to that of patients who were administered oral antibiotics provided that the prophylactic antibiotic was administered for 3 days after surgery.
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(Received for publication on Nov. 16, 1998; accepted on July 13, 1999)
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Takesue, Y., Yokoyama, T., Akagi, S. et al. A Brief Course of Colon Preparation with Oral Antibiotics. Surg Today 30, 112–116 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00010059
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