Appropriateness of antibiotic prophylaxis for major surgery in Korea

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 997-1002

  Won, Suk Choi ^a   Joon, Young Song ^a   Jung, Hae Hwang ^b   Nam, Soon Kim ^b   Hee, Jin Cheong ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MONOBACTAM; NITROIMIDAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; COLON SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; KOREA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547697375     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519180     Document Type: Article

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