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. 2012 Jun 7;13:91. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-91

Table 2.

Effectiveness of antimicrobial coverage relative to gram positive coverage alone in reducing infection risk in long-bone reconstruction

Antimicrobial Coverage Definitely less
effective than Gram + alone
Moderately less
effective than Gram + alone
Equivalent
to Gram + alone
Moderately more
effective than Gram + alone
Definitely more
effective than Gram + alone
Gram + and Gram - coverage
2 (3.0%)
2 (3.0%)
33 (50.0%)
23 (34.8%)
6 (9.1%)
Gram - coverage alone
40 (60.6%)
16 (24.2%)
10 (15.2%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
Vancomycin 3 (4.6%) 6 (9.2%) 31 (47.7%) 22 (33.8%) 3 (4.6%)