East practice management guidelines work group: Update to practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in open fractures

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 751-754

  Hoff, William S ^a   Bonadies, John A ^b   Cachecho, Riad ^c   Dorlac, Warren C ^d  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^c CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FRACTURE HEALING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LACERATION; MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SKIN INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79952793738     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31820930e5     Document Type: Article

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