Parenteral antibiotic usage for surgical infection: Report of a selective survey

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Nichols, Ronald Lee ^a   Smith, Jeffrey W ^a   Waterman, Ruth S ^a   Michaels, Whitney T ^a   Garcia, Rena Y ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 0029920431     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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