Reply: RE “Using Cost of Infection as a Tool to Demonstrate a Difference in Prophylactic Antibiotic Efficacy”

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z). The first was the use of the phrase ''superficial and deep surgical site infection.'' This was referring to all wound infections, and using CDC nomenclature would be described as superficial incisional and deep incisional surgical site infection. The second was the use of the phrase ''surgical site infection.'' When used by itself this also referred to all incisional infections. Our usage of the term ''space surgical site infection'' was the same as that in the CDC nomenclature.Fortunately the term ''superficical and deep surgical site infection'' was clearly defined in the Methods section,