Prophylactic ampicillin versus cefazolin for the prevention of post-cesarean infectious morbidity in Rwanda

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 244-247

  Mivumbi, Victor N ^a,b   Little, Sarah E ^c,d   Rulisa, Stephen ^a,b   Greenberg, James A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali   (Rwanda)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampicillin; Cefazolin; Cesarean; Infection; Prophylactic antibiotics; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GARDNERELLA INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RWANDA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWELLING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CESAREAN; INFECTION; PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS; RWANDA;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFAZOLIN; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RWANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895074782     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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