Antibiotic use in acute cholecystitis: Practice patterns in the absence of evidence-based guidelines

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-134

  Kanafani, Zeina A ^a   Khalifé, Nadine ^b   Kanj, Souha S ^a   Araj, George F ^a   Khalifeh, Mohammad ^a   Sharara, Ala I ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Biliary; Gallbladder; Infection; Surgery; Survey

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; MONOBACTAM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 22144498067     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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