Antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent local infection in Oral Surgery: Use or abuse?

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sancho Puchades, Manuel ^a   Herráez Vilas, José María ^a,b,c   Berini Aytés, Leonardo ^a,b,c,d   Gay Escoda, Cosme ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Department of Oral Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c UB IDIBELL Institute   (United States)

^d Master of Oral Surgery and Implantology   (Spain)

^e CENTRO MÉDICO TEKNON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Local infection; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; TETRACYCLINE; TINIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ATTENTION; AUTHOR; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVENTION STUDY; MORBIDITY; ORAL SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPAIN; SWELLING; TOOTH INFECTION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 59949086193     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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