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. 1973 Oct;178(4):453–462. doi: 10.1097/00000658-197310000-00008

Effect of preoperative neomycin-erythromycin intestinal preparation on the incidence of infectious complications following colon surgery.

R L Nichols, P Broido, R E Condon, S L Gorbach, L M Nyhus
PMCID: PMC1355681  PMID: 4743867

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