The effect of an antibiotic spray in the prevention of wound infection a controlled trial
โ Scribed by D. W. Jackson; A. V. Pollock; D. S. Tindal
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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โฆ Synopsis
Streprococcus faecalis Escherichia coli
Other Gram-negative
Probably exogenous
Szaphylococcus aureus Streptococcus pyotenes
Organism not identified
Pus sterile Pus not examined No. of wounds infected No. of organisms cultured organisms country areas as against approximately 33 per cent in three large London teaching hospitals.
Acknowledgements.-We would like to thank
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