Antimicrobial prophylaxis for colorectal surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nelson, Richard L ^a   Glenny, Anne Marie ^b   Song, Fujian ^c  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*Antibiotic prophylaxis; Adult; Anti infective agents *therapeutic use ; Colon *surgery ; Humans; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Rectum *surgery ; Surgical wound infection *prevention control

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFONICID; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LATAMOXEF; METRONIDAZOLE; MEZLOCILLIN; NEOMYCIN; NETILMICIN; ORNIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; TINIDAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVENING DOSAGE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; MORNING DOSAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 70249145018     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001181.pub3     Document Type: Review

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