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Antimicrobial therapy for gynecologic infections
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(92)90051-j
Subject(s) - medicine , antimicrobial , pelvic infection , intensive care medicine , perioperative , antibiotics , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , population , family planning , research methodology , environmental health , biology
Therapeutic antimicrobial regimens for pelvic infections must provide coverage for aerobic streptococci, common gram‐negative enteric bacilli, and anaerobic organisms. Careful attention must be given to antibiotic choice as well as the dose and duration of theraphy. The judicious use of a brief perioperative course of antimi‐crobial prophylaxis is effective in preventing infection following certain gynecologic surgical procedures.