Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing meningitis in patients with basilar skull fractures

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Ratilal, Bernardo O ^a   Costa, João ^b   Pappamikail, Lia ^a   Sampaio, Cristina ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOSÉ   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENINGITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COMPLICATION; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEAK; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SKULL FRACTURE, BASILAR;

EID: 84944472799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004884.pub4     Document Type: Review

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