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Editorial| Volume 81, ISSUE 4, P478-479, April 1977

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Better definition of indications for antibiotic prophylaxis in biliary tract operations

  • Hiram C. Polk Jr.
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    Reprint requests: Hiram C. Polk, Jr., M.D., Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Louisville, Ky. 40201.
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    From the Department of Surgery, the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Louisville, Ky., USA
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