Use of cephradine prophylaxis of infection after caesarean section; stepwise logistic regression analysis of relevant factors

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Abstract
The use of prophylactic intravenous cephradine to reduce the incidence of infection following caesarean section was examined. The incidence of infection, defined as a pyrexia of more than 37.5°C after the first 24h, was reduced (Pn = 100) to 20 per cent in the patients treated with cephradine (n = 101). Cephradine prophylaxis was more effective (PP< 0.001) and the pre-operative absence of skin pathogens (P<0.05). The commonest skin pathogen involved was Staphylococcus aureus.

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