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Antibiotic prophylaxis in craniotomy: a prospective double-blind placebo-controlled study. 1988

B van Ek, and B A Dijkmans, and H van Dulken, and R van Furth
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.

A prospective double-blind placebo-controlled study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of cloxacillin for the prevention of infections after craniotomy. 310 patients were admitted to the study. 39 died within 90 days after craniotomy without an infection, 20 and 19 of them belonging to the cloxacillin and placebo groups, respectively. In the cloxacillin group 6 neurosurgical infections occurred after 183 operations (3.3%) in 156 patients (3.9%), and in the placebo group 20 after 195 operations (10.3%) in 154 patients (13%). These differences between the 2 groups are statistically significant (p less than 0.01 and p less than 0.05 for patients and operations, respectively). For a craniotomy subgroup, there was no significant difference in infection rate between the cloxacillin and placebo groups. We conclude that cloxacillin significantly reduces the rate of infection after craniotomy, and recommend administration of this antibiotic for prophylaxis in patients undergoing this operation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007432 Intraoperative Period The period during a surgical operation. Intraoperative Periods,Period, Intraoperative,Periods, Intraoperative
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003023 Cloxacillin A semi-synthetic antibiotic that is a chlorinated derivative of OXACILLIN. Chloroxacillin,Sodium Cloxacillin,Cloxacillin Sodium,Syntarpen,Tegopen,Cloxacillin, Sodium,Sodium, Cloxacillin
D003399 Craniotomy Surgical incision into the cranium. Craniectomy,Craniectomies,Craniotomies
D004311 Double-Blind Method A method of studying a drug or procedure in which both the subjects and investigators are kept unaware of who is actually getting which specific treatment. Double-Masked Study,Double-Blind Study,Double-Masked Method,Double Blind Method,Double Blind Study,Double Masked Method,Double Masked Study,Double-Blind Methods,Double-Blind Studies,Double-Masked Methods,Double-Masked Studies,Method, Double-Blind,Method, Double-Masked,Methods, Double-Blind,Methods, Double-Masked,Studies, Double-Blind,Studies, Double-Masked,Study, Double-Blind,Study, Double-Masked

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