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McLaren AC, Lundy DW. AAOS systematic literature review: summary on the management of surgical site infections. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2019 Aug 15;27(16):e717-20.Full text Abstract
McDonald LC, Gerding DN, Johnson S, et al. Clinical practice guidelines for clostridium difficile infection in adults and children: 2017 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Mar 19;66(7):e1-48.Full text Abstract
O'Grady NP, Alexander E, Alhazzani W, et al. Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for evaluating new fever in adult patients in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2023 Nov 1;51(11):1570-86.Full text Abstract
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