Prophylactic cefazolin in amnioinfusions administered for meconium- stained amniotic fluid

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-157

  Edwards, R K ^a   Duff, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Antibiotics; Chorioamnionitis; Endometritis

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; AMNIONITIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033022922     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1999)7:3<153::AID-IDOG7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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