Should an asymptomatic patient with an abnormal urinalysis (bacteriuria or pyuria) be treated with antibiotics prior to major joint replacement surgery?

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue ELECTRONICSUPPL.1, 2007, Pages

  Rajamanickam, Anitha ^a   Noor, Saira ^a   Usmani, Ali ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTHROPLASTY; BACTERIURIA; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PYURIA; REVIEW; URINALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; BACTERIURIA; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PYURIA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 42949151962     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.74.Electronic_Suppl_1.S17     Document Type: Article

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