Highlights a high burden of resistant gram-negative surgical site infections and widespread broad-spectrum antimicrobial use in Vietnam, emphasizing the need for antimicrobial stewardship.
Urges antimicrobial stewardship amid resistant gram-negative SSIs; observational data leaves open optimal interventions.
Our data indicate that the incidence of SSI is high in our study population, that the main pathogens causing SSI are gram-negative bacteria and are often resistant to commonly used antimicrobials, that the use of broad-spectrum antimicrobials after surgery is widespread, and that implementation of interventions aimed at promoting appropriate and evidence-based use of antimicrobials are needed in Vietnam.
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