Prophylactic and therapeutic use of antibiotics in pelvic surgery

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-268

  Price, Shaun A ^a   Polk Jr , Hiram C ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Perioperative antibiotics; Perioperative infections; Prophylactic antibiotics

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTOTOXICITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032791713     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199908)71:4<261::AID-JSO12>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Review

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