Association of the Duration of Antibiotic Therapy With Major Surgical Site Infection in Cochlear Implantation

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Infection after cochlear implantation is a rare but serious event that can lead to meningitis. There is no consensus on prevention of infection in these patients, and each center applies its own strategy.

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Title: JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

Abbreviated Title: JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN (Print): 2168-6181

Publication date (Electronic): October 11 2018

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[1 ]Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Gabriel Montpied University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France

[2 ]Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Speech and Hearing, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France

[3 ]University Institute of the Head and Neck, Nice University Hospital, Nice, France

[4 ]Lenval-University Pediatric Hospitals of Nice, Nice, France

[5 ]Otorhinolaryngology, Otoneurology and Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Pierre-Paul Riquet Hospital, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France

[6 ]Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France

[7 ]Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France

[8 ]Otorhinolaryngology and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pontchaillou Hospital, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France

[9 ]Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Nancy University Hospital, Nancy, France

[10 ]Department of Statistics, Gabriel Montpied University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France

[11 ]Laboratory of Biophysics of Sensory Handicaps, Unité Mixte de Recherche Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale 1107, University of Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Article

DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.1998

PMC ID: 6439807

PubMed ID: 30325991

SO-VID: def9cb94-b6dd-48b3-ae91-342abf2cfb48

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