Comparison of ceftriaxone with penicillin for antibiotic prophylaxis for compound mandible fractures

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 423-426

  Heit, James M ^a   Stevens, Mark R ^a,b,c   Jeffords, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c Doctors Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031114989     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90139-6     Document Type: Article

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