Complications associated with postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis after breast surgery

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 553-556

  Throckmorton, Alyssa D ^a   Hoskin, Tanya ^a   Boostrom, Sarah Y ^a   Boughey, Judy C ^a   Holifield, Andrea C ^a   Stobbs, Melissa M ^b   Baddour, Larry M ^a   Degnim, Amy C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Breast surgery; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST SURGERY; DIARRHEA; DRUG CHOICE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349466661     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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