Patient cost in the treatment of postsurgical female pelvic infection.
Soft tissue female pelvic infections, that is, postpartum endomyometritis, pelvic cellulitis, and salpingitis, are frequently polymicrobial, involving aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. The most common antibiotic regimen employed for the treatment of these patients is clindamycin and an aminoglycoside. Single-agent therapy, utilizing the newer beta-lactams, is more economical, potentially less toxic, and as effective.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004716:Endometritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010249:Parametritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D011292:Premedication; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents