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Table 1 Key study definitions

From: Broad-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis in tumor and infected orthopedic surgery—the prospective-randomized, microbiologist-blinded, stratified, superiority trials: BAPTIST Trials

Standard prophylaxis:

1st–3rd generation cephalosporins, co-amoxiclav, clindamycin intravenously

Broad-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis:

Vancomycin 1 g together with gentamicin 5 mg/kg intravenously

Broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment:

4–5th generation cephalosporins, quinolones, carbapenems, vancomycin, daptomycin, linezolid, aminoglycosides, colistin, metronidazole

Remission

No clinical, anamnestic, radiology, or laboratory signs for infection at the test-of-cure visit