Orally delivered antibiotics which lower bacterial numbers decrease experimental intra-abdominal adhesions

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 388, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-115

  Bothin, C ^a,b   Midtvedt, T ^a   Perbeck, L ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adhesion formation; Adhesions; Animal study; Antibiotics

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADHESION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0041336936     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-003-0369-3     Document Type: Article

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