Evaluation of the appropriate perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in Italy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Napolitano, Francesco ^a   Izzo, Maria Teresa ^a   Di Giuseppe, Gabriella ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^a   Castaldo, Vincenzo ^b   Dell'Aversano, Raffaele ^c   Iovine, Carmine ^d   Matarazzo, Giuseppe ^e   Olivieri, Graziano ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Hospital S Giuseppe Moscati   (Italy)

^c Department of Cardiology CCU   (Italy)

^d S Anna e S Sebastiano Hospital   (Italy)

^e San Giovanni Bosco Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; LEVOFLOXACIN; SULBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893343099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079532     Document Type: Article

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