Perioperative anti-infective prophylaxis with teicoplanin compared to cephalosporins in orthopaedic and vascular surgery involving prosthetic material

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 775-777

  Vardakas, K Z ^a   Soteriades, E S ^a,b   Chrysanthopoulou, S A ^a   Papagelopoulos, P J ^c   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,d,e,f  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Alfa HealthCare   (Greece)

^f NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cephalosporins; Orthopaedic surgery; Prophylaxis; Teicoplanin; Vancomycin; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

CEFAMANDOLE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFRADINE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TEICOPLANIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RANDOMIZATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 25144465055     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01177.x     Document Type: Editorial

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