Clindamycin versus cloxacillin in the treatment of 240 open fractures. A randomized prospective study

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 224-228

  Vasenius, J ^a   Tulikoura, I ^a   Vainionpaa S ^a   Rokkanen, P ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Clindamycin; Cloxacillin; Infection; Open fractures

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031724891     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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