Management of wound infection after appendectomy: Are parenteral antibiotics useful?

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 638-644

  Harahsheh, B ^a   Hiyasat, B ^a   Abulail, A ^a   Al Basheer, M ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; METRONIDAZOLE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG USE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTISEPSIS; APPENDECTOMY; BANDAGES; CEFOXITIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; JORDAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METRONIDAZOLE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POVIDONE-IODINE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN CARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10644261245     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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