Different classes of antibiotics given to women routinely for preventing infection at caesarean section

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Volumn 2014, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Gyte, Gillian M L ^a   Dou, Lixia ^a   Vazquez, Juan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto Nacional de Endocrinologia INEN   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMINOPENICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLOXACILLIN; LINCOSAMIDE; NITROIMIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOMETRITIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THRUSH; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PENICILLINS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84922262302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008726.pub2     Document Type: Review

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