Antibiotic prophylaxis in colorectal surgery

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 787-795

  Rovera, Francesca ^a   Diurni, Mario ^a   Dionigi, Gianlorenzo ^a   Boni, Luigi ^a   Ferrari, Alberta ^a   Carcano, Giulio ^a   Dionigi, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Colorectal surgery; Postoperative complications; Surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CEFALOTIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CORE TEMPERATURE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERANCE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOCARDITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 27544459297     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.3.5.787     Document Type: Review

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