Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: Hospital care for children: What is the role of prophylactic antibiotics in the management of burns?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-77

  Lee, Francis ^a   Wong, Patrick ^a   Hill, Fiona ^a   Burgner, David ^a   Taylor, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFRADINE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLACEBO; TEICOPLANIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BURN; BURN INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 63849109991     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp017     Document Type: Review

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