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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1051. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.033
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Lung Surgery: Bronchial Colonization is the Critical Issue?

Jean-Baptiste Stern, MDa, Yves Pean, MDb

a Thoracic Department, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 bd Jourdan, Paris, 75014 France
b Microbiology, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, 75014 France

(Email: jean-baptiste.stern@imm.fr).

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article of Schussler and colleagues [1] focusing on antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of postoperative pneumonia (POP) after lung resection. This meticulous analysis deserves some comments.

First, the rates of documented and undocumented POP of 25% in the first period of the study and 14% in the second period appear too high. Most experienced teams reporting large series show POP rates of less than 10% [2–4]. The observed high rates may artificially increase the reported benefit of the change . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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