Incidence of postpartum endomyometritis following single-dose antibiotic prophylaxis with either ampicillin/sulbactam, cefazolin, or cefotetan in high-risk cesarean section patients

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 220-223

  Noyes, N ^a   Berkeley, A S ^a   Freedman, K ^b   Ledger, W ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Cesarean section; Obstetrics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTETAN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTETAN; CEPHALOSPORINS; CEPHAMYCINS; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOMETRITIS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULBACTAM;

EID: 0032425450     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1998)6:5<220::AID-IDOG6>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Conference Paper

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