Comparison of intravenous and oral antibiotic therapy in the treatment of fractures caused by low-velocity gunshots: A prospective, randomized study of infection rates

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1167-1171

  Knapp, Thomas P ^a   Patzakis, Michael J ^b   Lee, Jackson ^b   Seipel, Peter R ^b   Abdollahi, Karim ^b   Reisch, Robert B ^b  

^a S Monica Orthoped Sports Med Grp   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAPIRIN; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TISSUE INJURY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029846383     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199608000-00006     Document Type: Article

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