Prophylactic administration of ceftriaxone for the prevention of meningitis after traumatic pneumocephalus: Results of a clinical trial

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 757-761

  Eftekhar, Behzad ^a   Ghodsi, Mohammad ^a   Nejat, Farideh ^a   Ketabchi, Ebrahim ^a   Esmaeeli, Babak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Head trauma; Pneumocephalus

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; OTORRHEA; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 7244242325     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.5.0757     Document Type: Article

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