Decreasing incidence of postcesarean endometritis with extended-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-56

  Tita, Alan T N ^a,b   Hauth, John C ^a   Grimes, Anne ^a   Owen, John ^a   Stamm, Alan M ^a   Andrews, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTETAN; CEPHALOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORINS; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 37549046776     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000295868.43851.39     Document Type: Article

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