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Table 3 Medical history of the patients

From: Prophylactic antimicrobials may not be needed to prevent surgical site infection after skin biopsy: a retrospective study

Medical history

Antibacterial drug used (n = 27) (mean ± SDa)

No antibacterial drug used (n = 48) (mean ± SD)

P value

Liver dysfunction (+:−)

0:19

2:37

> 0.9999†

Diabetes mellitus (+:−)

1:18

9:23

0.0695†

Kidney dysfunction (+:−)

2:16

2:36

0.5866†

Hypertension (+:−)

4:16

12:24

0.3646†

Hyperlipidemia (+:−)

4:16

10:24

0.5326†

Cancer (+:−)

10:14

8:25

0.2484†

Immunosuppressant use (+:-)

0:22

3:29

0.2621†

  1. Fisher’s exact test or Mann–Whitney U test was used for statistical analysis
  2. +: positive
  3. −: negative
  4. aStandard deviation
  5. †Chi-square test (Fisher’s exact test)
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

ISSN: 2047-2994

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