Chemoprophylaxis in neurosurgery departments in Croatia and Greece

Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics, International Edition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 289-291

  Papaioannidou, P ^a   Nanassis, K ^a   Vlahovic Palcevski, V ^b   Ledic, D ^b   Tsitsopoulos, Ph ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; CNS infections; Peri operative chemoprophylaxis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CEFACLOR; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 33744489363     PISSN: 10116583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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