Effects of closed-system drain in surgery: Focus on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 352-356

  Tokunaga, Yukihiko ^a,b   Nakayama, Noboru ^a   Nishitai, Ryota ^a   Hata, Koichiro ^a   Kaganoi, Junichi ^a   Ohsumi, Kiyosi ^a  

^a Maizuru Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Maizuru Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drain infection; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0031829957     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018631     Document Type: Article

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