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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Apr 12;235(2):285–292. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000222

Table 5.

Antibiotic Resistance Observed in Microbial Cultures of Postoperative Infection after First and Second Abdominal Operation

Resistance Operation 1 infection Operation 2 infection p Value
None 19 (35.9) 9 (17.7) 0.03*
Single-drug 11 (20.8) 10 (19.6) 0.87
Multi-drug 34 (64.1) 42 (82.3) 0.03*
To drugs given for preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis 17 (32.1) 25 (49.0) 0.07

Data presented as n (%)

*

p < 0.05