Cost and usage patterns of antibiotics in a tertiary care neurosurgical unit
Objectives The routine use of prophylactic antibiotics in neurosurgery has been shown to significantly reduce surgical site infection rates. The documentation of non-surgical site, nosocomial infections in neurosurgical patients remains limited, despite this being a stimulus for prolific antibiotic...
Main Authors: | Manish Singh Sharma, Ashish Suri, Sarat P. Chandra, Shashank S. Kale, Arti Kapil, Bhawani S. Sharma, Ashok K. Mahapatra |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2012-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Neurosurgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2277-9167.94370 |
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