Antibiotic regimens for postpartum endometritis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Mackeen, A Dhanya ^a   Packard, Roger E ^a   Ota, Erika ^b   Speer, Linda ^c  

^a GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACCURACY; ALLERGIC REACTION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIARRHEA; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDOMETRITIS; HUMAN; POSTPARTUM ENDOMETRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; PUERPERAL INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; PENICILLINS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84934343926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001067.pub3     Document Type: Review

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