title: Infection and antimicrobial use in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: Retrospective chart review of 1,702 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) revealed an overall infection rate of 2.3% and a surgical-site infection rate of 0.4%. Preoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis was received by 79% of patients, but only 33% of these received the agent within 1 hour or less prior to surgery. These facts suggest that antimicrobial prophylaxis may not be necessary for low-risk LC patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6021, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McGuckin
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shea
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013997:Time Factors