Surgical site infection and Antibiotics use pattern in a tertiary care hospital in Nepal

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 148-151

  Giri, Bishnu Rath ^a   Pant, Hom Prasad ^a   Shankar, P Ravi ^a   Sreeramareddy, Chandrasekhara T ^a   Sen, Pranav Kumar ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOXACILLIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 43749113340     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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