Oral antibiotics before colorectal surgery?

BMJ. 2022 Nov 3:379:o2547. doi: 10.1136/bmj.o2547.

Authors

Mohamed Abbas^{1

2}, Stephan Harbarth¹

Affiliations

¹ Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Infection Prevention and Control and Antimicrobial Resistance, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
² MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Imperial College London, London, UK

PMID: 36328356
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.o2547

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Administration, Oral
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Colorectal Surgery*
Digestive System Surgical Procedures*
Elective Surgical Procedures
Humans
Preoperative Care
Surgical Wound Infection

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents