One in ten people have infections following gastrointestinal surgery worldwide

Overuse of pre- and post-surgery antibiotics in low-income countries may contribute to higher levels of resistant surgical site infections following gastrointestinal surgery Globally, approximately 12% of patients develop a surgical site infection within 30 days of gastrointestinal surgery, according to a prospective cohort study of more than 12500 people in 66 countries, published in The Lancet ["]

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