Surgical site infections may be reduced by shorter duration of prophylactic antibiotic medication in urological surgeries

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 440-443

  Shigemura, Katsumi ^a,b   Arakawa, Soichi ^a   Yamashita, Masuo ^b   Yasufuku, Tomihiko ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Akashi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; FLOMOXEF; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULBACTAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER DIVERTICULUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BETA-LACTAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SULBACTAM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149166035     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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