Surgical infections: Prevention and treatment - 1965 to 1995

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-74

  Nichols, Ronald Lee ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COLON RESECTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COLECTOMY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030194758     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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