Antibiotics in dentistry: Bacteremia, antibiotic prophylaxis, and antibiotic misuse

General Dentistry

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-207

  Dinsbach, Nathan A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DRUG MISUSE; HUMAN; INFECTION; METHODOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 84862019482     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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