Prophylactic antibiotic therapy in contaminated traumatic wounds: Two days versus five days treatment

BioImpacts

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-37

  Ghafouri, Hamed Basir ^a   Bagheri Behzad, Barzin ^b   Yasinzadeh, Mohammad Reza ^b   Modirian, Ehsan ^b   Divsalar, Dorsa ^c   Farahmand, Shervin ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Contaminated wounds; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84876795909     PISSN: 22285652     EISSN: 22285660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5681/bi.2012.004     Document Type: Article

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