Efficacy of teicoplanin for the prevention of surgical site infections after total hip or knee arthroplasty: a prospective, open-label study

2008/12/31 by Kyriaki Kanellakopoulou, Antonios Papadopoulos, Dimitrios Varvaroussis +10 · 9 citations
Chemistry · Medicine · #Anesthesia #Antimicrobial agents and applications #Arthroplasty #Medicine #Orthopedic Infections and Treatments #Prospective cohort study #Staphylococcus aureus #Surgery #Surgical site infection prevention #Teicoplanin #Vancomycin

paper · doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.10.019

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