Oral treatment with ciprofloxacin in the prophylaxis of urinary infection in surgical patients with indewelling urethral catheter;Terapia orale con ciprofloxacina nella profilassi della infezione urinaria in pazienti chirurgici con catetere vescicale a permanenza

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 625-628

  Salvestrini, F ^a,b   Oliva, G ^a   Mattei, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheters indwelling postoperative; Ciprofloxacin; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER; URINE CULTURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CIPROFLOXACIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029830362     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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