Antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with joint prostheses - Still a dilemma for dental practitioners

British Dental Journal

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 649-653

  Seymour, R A ^a   Whitworth, J M ^a   Martin, M ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFRADINE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHRITIS; BACTEREMIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTISTRY; EMERGENCY; EVALUATION; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; METASTASIS; MOUTH INFECTION; NEUTROPENIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TOOTH INFECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFECTION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; META ANALYSIS; MOUTH HYGIENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; JOINT PROSTHESIS; ORAL HYGIENE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0142030113     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4810352     Document Type: Review

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