Piperacillin/tazobactam compared with cefuroxime/metronidazole in the treatment of intra-abdominal infections

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 875-884

  Ohlin, Bo ^b   Cederberg, Âke ^c   Forssell, Henrik ^c   Solhaug, Jan Helge ^a   Tveit, Egil ^c  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Intraabdominal infection; Microbial resistance; Piperacillin tazobactum; Surgical infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDICITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEFUROXIME; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLANIC ACID; PERITONITIS; PIPERACILLIN; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032888037     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11024159950189393     Document Type: Article

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