Prophylactic antibiotics in plastic and reconstructive surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1561-1566

  Baran, Cihat Nazmi ^a,b   Şensöz, Ömer ^a   Ulusoy, M Gürhan ^a  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Güniz Sok Burcu Apt 29/7 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0344299132     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199905000-00002     Document Type: Article

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