Single-Blind, Prospective, Randomized Study of Cefmetazole and Cefoxitin in the Treatment of
Postcesarean Endometritis

Ashwin  Chatwani; Mark  Martens; David A. Grimes; Molly  Chatterjee; Melvin  Noah; Marion M. Stamp-Cole; Kimberly T. Perry; the Cefmetazole Study Group

doi:10.1155/S1064744995000263

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1995)

Single-Blind, Prospective, Randomized Study of Cefmetazole and Cefoxitin in the Treatment of Postcesarean Endometritis

Ashwin Chatwani,
Mark Martens,
David A. Grimes,
Molly Chatterjee,
Melvin Noah,
Marion M. Stamp-Cole,
Kimberly T. Perry,
the Cefmetazole Study Group

Affiliations

Ashwin Chatwani: Department of Ob/Gyn/REI, Temple University Hospital, 3401 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia 19140, PA, USA
Mark Martens: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX, USA
David A. Grimes: University of California, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
Molly Chatterjee: University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Melvin Noah: Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Marion M. Stamp-Cole: Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Kimberly T. Perry: Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
the Cefmetazole Study Group

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744995000263
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 28 – 33

Abstract

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical efficacy and safety of cefmetazole given by IV push with that of parenterally administered cefoxitin for the treatment of endometritis following cesarean delivery.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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