The comparative efficacy of intravenous cefotaxime and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole in preventing infection after neurosurgery: A prospective, randomized study

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-18

  Whitby, M ^a   Johnson, B C ^a   Atkinson, R L ^a   Stuart, G ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Cefotaxime; Neurosurgery; Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034057727     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690042843     Document Type: Article

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