Mandibular and facial fractures present a significant risk for infectious complications due to the inherent bacterial flora of the oral cavity and adjacent anatomical structures. The use of antibiotic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The incidence of SSIs was similar between patients given vancomycin or placebo in addition to standard surgical ...

Adding vancomycin to beta-lactam prophylaxis with cefazolin did not help prevent surgical-site infections in patients undergoing arthroplasty mostly for the knees or hips, a randomized trial showed.

Delays prior to surgery and the type of antibiotic prophylaxis administered prior to surgery may affect surgical site infection rates, according to research presented at the American Academy of ...

The efficacy of continuous antibiotic prophylaxis in preventing urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants with grade III, IV, or V vesicoureteral reflux is controversial. In this investigator-initiated ...

The study included 442 women with episiotomies or second-degree tears who were randomly assigned to receive 3 doses of amoxicillin (500mg) with clavulanic acid (125mg) or placebo. HealthDay News — ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Many orthopedic surgeons and dentists use antibiotic ...

The urinary antiseptic methenamine hippurate (Hiprex) was non-inferior to antibiotic prophylaxis in women with a history of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI), according to results from the ...

How do the 2007 IE prevention guidelines differ from the prior (1997 [11]) iteration? There are three major differences in the current version. The "highest-risk" group for whom antibiotic prophylaxis ...

A previous version of this story erroneously conflated antibiotic prophylaxis for prosthetic joint infections and infective endocarditis. The erroneous paragraphs have been removed. Clinicians may ...

Sweden is one of the few countries that have removed the dental health recommendation to give prophylactic antibiotics to people at a higher risk of infection of the heart valves, so-called infective ...