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Type of wound infection after PEG placement.
| Type of Wound Infection | With Antibiotic Prophylaxis (N = 474) |
Without Antibiotic Prophylaxis (N = 142) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor peristomal infection, n (%) | 9 (1.9) | 3 (2.1) | 0.87 |
| Need of systemic antibiotic treatment, n (%) | 34 (7.1) | 16 (11.3) | 0.1 |
| Sepsis, n (%) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0.58 |
| Mycotic infection, n (%) | 8 (1.7) | 1 (0.7) | 0.37 |
| Total, n (%) | 52 (11) | 20 (14.1) | 0.31 |
