Comparative multicenter trial of teicoplanin versus cefazolin for antimicrobial prophylaxis in prosthetic joint implant surgery

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-119

  Periti, P ^a   Stringa, G ^b   Mini, E ^b  

^a Università degli Studi ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORINS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TEICOPLANIN;

EID: 0032702923     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050238     Document Type: Article

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