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PMID: 3287971 Published · ppublish English Clinical Trial Comparative Study Journal Article Randomized Controlled Trial

Cephalosporin therapy in intraabdominal infections. A multicenter randomized, comparative study of cefotetan, moxalactam, and cefoxitin.

American journal of surgery ·Vol. 155 ·No. 5A ·1988-05-31 ·Pages 61-6

Wilson SE, Boswick JA, Duma RJ, Echols RM, Jemsek JG, Lerner R, Lewis RT, Najem AZ, Press RA, Rittenbury MS

Abstract

Three broad-spectrum cephalosporins (cefotetan, moxalactam, and cefoxitin) proved effective in this randomized, prospective trial for treatment of 303 surgical patients with moderately severe regional peritonitis.

MeSH Terms

Bacterial Infections/drug therapy Cefotetan Cefoxitin/therapeutic use Cephamycins/therapeutic use Clinical Trials as Topic Humans Moxalactam/therapeutic use Peritonitis/drug therapy Prospective Studies Random Allocation Time Factors

Chemicals

Cephamycins Cefotetan Cefoxitin Moxalactam

Authors & Affiliations

10 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Wilson S E

Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance.

Boswick J A

Duma R J

Echols R M

Jemsek J G

Lerner R

Lewis R T

Najem A Z

Press R A

Rittenbury M S

Article Info

Journal

American journal of surgery

Abbr.

Am J Surg

ISSN

0002-9610

DOI

10.1016/s0002-9610(88)80215-0

Published

1988-05-31

Pages

61-6

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0370473

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9610(88)80215-0 View journal details

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