Influences of type and duration of antimicrobial prophylaxis on an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and on the incidence of wound infection

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1320-1325

  Fukatsu, Kazuhiho ^a   Saito, Hideaki ^a   Matsuda, Takeaki ^a   Ikeda, Shigeo ^a   Furukawa, Satoshi ^a   Muto, Tetsuichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031457108     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430360066012     Document Type: Article

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