Cefuroxime Prophylaxis in Total Joint Arthroplasty: Need for Antibiotic Stewardship
Published: August 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/21587.8327
Sujeesh Sebastian, Benu Dhawan, Rajesh Malhotra, Deepak Gautam, Arti Kapil
1. Ph.D Scholar, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
2. Professor, Departmentof Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
3. Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
4. Research Fellow, Department of Orthopaedics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
5. Professor, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Benu Dhawan,
Professor, Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi-110029, India.
E-mail: dhawanb@gmail.com
Keywords
Antimicrobial prophylaxis, Cephalosporins, Multi drug resistance, Prosthetic Joint Infections