Could antibiotic prophylaxis be not necessary to implant totally implantable venous access devices? Randomized prospective study

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-25

  Di Carlo, Isidoro ^a   Toro, Adriana ^a   Pulvirenti, Elia ^a   Palermo, Filippo ^a   Scibilia, Giuseppe ^b   Cordio, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Garibaldi Nesima Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Surgical site infection; Totally implantable venous access device

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEPHALIC VEIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SKIN REDNESS; SOLID TUMOR; SWELLING; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CEFTAZIDIME; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 78650835564     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.09.003     Document Type: Review

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