Infections of urologic prostheses

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-44

  Parsons, C Lowell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFRADINE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; PROTAMINE SULFATE; VANCOMYCIN;

EXPLANT; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; UROLOGY; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 2742607686     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-199601000-00009     Document Type: Short Survey

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