Prophylactic antibiotics given within 24 hours of surgery, compared with antibiotics given for 72 hours perioperatively, increased the rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from surgical site infections

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-50

  Kusachi, Shinya ^a   Sumiyama, Yoshinobu ^a   Nagao, Jiro ^a   Arima, Yoichi ^a   Yoshida, Yuichi ^a   Tanaka, Hidenori ^a   Nakamura, Yoichi ^a   Saida, Yoshihisa ^a   Watanabe, Manabu ^a   Watanabe, Ryohei ^a   Sato, Junko ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial prophylaxis; Digestive tract surgery; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Postoperative infection; Surgical site infection (SSI)

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTIAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PANCREAS RESECTION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 39749178984     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-007-0574-z     Document Type: Article

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