Survey of dermatologists demonstrates widely varying approaches to perioperative antibiotic use: time for a randomized trial?

Br J Dermatol. 2017 Jul;177(1):265-266. doi: 10.1111/bjd.15025. Epub 2017 May 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis / statistics & numerical data
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / surgery*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery*
  • Dermatologists / statistics & numerical data*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Care / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control
  • Treatment Outcome
  • United Kingdom
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents