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The timing and redosing of perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis in Greek children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2019

Anastasia Dimopoulou Open the ORCID record for Anastasia Dimopoulou [Opens in a new window] ,
Georgia Kourlaba ,
Alexandros Psarris ,
Athanasia Lourida ,
Susan Coffin ,
Vasiliki Spoulou  and
Theoklis Zaoutis
Anastasia Dimopoulou*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Attikon University General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Georgia Kourlaba
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO), Athens, Greece ECONCARE, LP, Athens, Greece
Alexandros Psarris
Affiliation:
First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Athanasia Lourida
Affiliation:
First Department of Pediatrics, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Susan Coffin
Affiliation:
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Vasiliki Spoulou
Affiliation:
First Department of Pediatrics, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Theoklis Zaoutis
Affiliation:
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
*
Author for correspondence: Anastasia Dimopoulou, Email: natasa_dimo@hotmail.com
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 11 , November 2019 , pp. 1318 - 1319
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