Perioperative use of ceftazidime as a prophylactic agent in transurethral surgery
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Vol. 12 (suppl A) , 71-76
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/12.suppl_a.71
Abstract
Sixty-eight patients undergoing transurethral surgery were randomly assigned to receive either a single dose of ceftazidime (31 patients) preoperatively, or three doses of cefotaxime (34 patients) perioperatively, as prophylaxis. In this study, only 1/20 male patients (5%), and none of the female patients, developed an infection. We conclude that single-dose prophylaxis, with a safe, broad-spectrum antimicrobial, provides adequate protection against postoperative infection in genitourinary surgery.Keywords
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