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Wound infection rates after intraincisional plus systemic antibiotic prophylaxis in an animal model

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The effect of intraincisional application of antibiotics in addition to systemic antibiotic prophylaxis was evaluated in a randomized blind study using a guinea pig model of surgical wound infection. Wounds were contaminated with 107 Escherichia coli plus 108 Bacteroides fragilis. Wound infection was defined as accumulation of pus draining spontaneously or after opening the wound. Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis with gentamicin plus clindamycin significantly reduced the wound sepsis rate from 83% in the control group to 20% in the treated group (p < 0.001). Intraincisional application of antibiotics in addition to systemic prophylaxis did not further reduce the rate of wound sepsis (p > 0.8).

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  1. Institute for Experimental Research in Surgery, University of Copenhagen, 71 Nørre Allé, 2100, Copenhagen Φ, Denmark

    F. Moesgaard

  2. Department of Surgical Gastroenterology C Rigshospitalet, University Hospital, 9 Blegdamsvej, 2100, Copenhagen Φ, Denmark

    F. Moesgaard & M. C. Lykkegaard Nielsen

  3. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 28 Juliane Mariesvej, 2100, Copenhagen Φ, Denmark

    T. Justesen

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Moesgaard, F., Lykkegaard Nielsen, M.C. & Justesen, T. Wound infection rates after intraincisional plus systemic antibiotic prophylaxis in an animal model. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 3, 538–541 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013614

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