Current antibiotic-related issues in treatment of appendicitis

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Condon, Robert E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LATAMOXEF; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN; ORNIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 0029875221     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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