Bacteremia after oral surgery and antibiotic prophylaxis for endocarditis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Hall, Gunnar ^a   Heimdahl, Anders ^a   Nord, Carl Erik ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFACLOR; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN V; POVIDONE IODINE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0032802150     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520134     Document Type: Review

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