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Cefoperazone-treated Mouse Model of Clinically-relevant Clostridium difficile Strain R20291
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Cephalosporin therapy in intraabdominal infections. A multicenter randomized, comparative study of cefotetan,
S E Wilson1, J A Boswick, R J Duma
1Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance.
American Journal of Surgery
|May 31, 1988
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.
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