Prospective evaluation of surgical site infection rate among patients with Mohs micrographic surgery without the use of prophylactic antibiotics

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-278

  Maragh, Sherry L H ^a   Brown, Marc D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KNEE; LIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; MOHS MICROGRAPHIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SKIN CANCER; SKIN FLAP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 47049127453     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.03.042     Document Type: Article

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