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Table 2 Surgical site infections (SSI) rates by antibiotic group

From: Association of antimicrobial perioperative prophylaxis with cefuroxime plus metronidazole or amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and surgical site infections in colorectal surgery

 

Cefuroxime + metronidazole (N = 26,087)

Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (N = 1835)

p Value

Overall, N (%)

2854 (10.9)

278 (15.1)

 < 0.001

Superficial incisional, N (%)

853 (3.3)

108 (5.9)

 < 0.001*

Deep incisional, N (%)

331 (1.3)

32 (1.7)

0.1*

Organ space, N (%)

1670 (6.4)

138 (7.5)

0.07*

  1. *Not corrected for multiple testing