Comparison of cefazolin administered as a continuous or intermittent infusion for prophylaxis of surgical site infections in adult patients undergoing cardiac or neurologic surgery.
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Drew, RH; Turner, NA; Keil, E; Seidelman, J
Published in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
December 3, 2025
In a propensity-matched cohort of adult cardiac or neurosurgical procedures (n = 1,342), infection was less frequent with continuous infusion (1.8%) versus intermittent cefazolin (2.4%), though the difference was statistically non-significant (-0.6%, 95% CI-2.3 to 1.1; p = 0.57). The 0% infection rate among cardiac cases receiving continuous cefazolin infusion warrants further investigation.
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1559-6834
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December 3, 2025
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- Epidemiology
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Drew, R. H., Turner, N. A., Keil, E., & Seidelman, J. (2025). Comparison of cefazolin administered as a continuous or intermittent infusion for prophylaxis of surgical site infections in adult patients undergoing cardiac or neurologic surgery. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10365
Drew, Richard H., Nicholas A. Turner, Elizabeth Keil, and Jessica Seidelman. “Comparison of cefazolin administered as a continuous or intermittent infusion for prophylaxis of surgical site infections in adult patients undergoing cardiac or neurologic surgery.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, December 3, 2025, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10365.
Drew RH, Turner NA, Keil E, Seidelman J. Comparison of cefazolin administered as a continuous or intermittent infusion for prophylaxis of surgical site infections in adult patients undergoing cardiac or neurologic surgery. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 Dec 3;1–4.
Drew, Richard H., et al. “Comparison of cefazolin administered as a continuous or intermittent infusion for prophylaxis of surgical site infections in adult patients undergoing cardiac or neurologic surgery.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, Dec. 2025, pp. 1–4. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/ice.2025.10365.
Drew RH, Turner NA, Keil E, Seidelman J. Comparison of cefazolin administered as a continuous or intermittent infusion for prophylaxis of surgical site infections in adult patients undergoing cardiac or neurologic surgery. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 Dec 3;1–4.
Published In
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
DOI
EISSN
1559-6834
Publication Date
December 3, 2025
Start / End Page
1 / 4
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Epidemiology
- 42 Health sciences
- 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
- 11 Medical and Health Sciences