Prolonged Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Cardiovascular Surgery and Its Effect on Surgical Site Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance

CDC definitions of nosocomial surgical site infections, 1992: A modification of CDC definitions of surgical wound infections

1992 • 2,598 citations

The Timing of Prophylactic Administration of Antibiotics and the Risk of Surgical-Wound Infection

1992 • 1,762 citations

Mediastinitis After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

1995 • 348 citations

SINGLE‐VERSUS MULTIPLE–DOSE ANTIMICROBIAL PROPHYLAXIS FOR MAJOR SURGERY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

1998 • 295 citations

Randomised controlled trial of single-dose antibiotic prophylaxis in surgical treatment of closed fractures: the Dutch Trauma Trial

1996 • 248 citations

Changing Ecology of Bacterial Infections as Related to Antibacterial Therapy

1970 • 228 citations

Antibiotic prophylaxis for cardiothoracic operations

1992 • 204 citations

Cephalothin prophylaxis in cardiac valve surgery

1977 • 179 citations

Alteration of Staphylococcal Flora in Cardiac Surgery Patients Receiving Antibiotic Prophylaxis

1983 • 153 citations

Low-level colonization of hospitalized patients with methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci and emergence of the organisms during surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis

1988 • 115 citations

Comparative study of cefazolin, cefamandole, and vancomycin for surgical prophylaxis in cardiac and vascular operations. A double-blind randomized trial.

1992 • 114 citations

The Economic Implications of Infection in Cardiac Surgery

1986 • 108 citations

Comparative study of cefazolin, cefamandole, and vancomycin for surgical prophylaxis in cardiac and vascular operations

1992 • 102 citations

Cost and morbidity associated with antibiotic prophylaxis in the ICU

1999 • 83 citations

Cardiac surgery in a high-risk group of patients: Is prolonged postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis effective?

1997 • 83 citations

Rapid emergence of resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci on the skin after antibiotic prophylaxis

1999 • 79 citations

Prospective randomised comparison of single-dose versus multiple-dose cefuroxime for prophylaxis in coronary artery bypass grafting

1994 • 71 citations

Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Clostridium difficile Toxin Positivity

1995 • 60 citations

Quality of perioperative antibiotic administration by French anaesthetists

1998 • 54 citations

Antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac surgery.

1997 • 48 citations

Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery: Mechanisms, Misconceptions, and Mischief

1993 • 45 citations

Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Coronary Bypass Surgery: A Critical Appraisal

1991 • 40 citations

Hospital Cost of Complications Associated With Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

1997 • 39 citations

Antibiotic prophylaxis in penetrating injuries of the chest.

1991 • 34 citations

A clinical data repository enhances hospital infection control.

1997 • 32 citations

Nosocomial urinary tract infections cause wound infections postoperatively in surgical patients.

1983 • 30 citations

Prophylactic antibiotic use in pediatric cardiovascular surgery

1995 • 26 citations

Use of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in selected surgical procedures — Results of a survey in 889 surgical departments in German hospitals

1991 • 19 citations

Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery: Mechanisms, Misconceptions, and Mischief

1993 • 19 citations

Antibiotic prophylaxis for cardiac surgery: current United Kingdom practice.

1993 • 17 citations