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Cefazoline or Normal Saline Irrigation Doesn’t Reduce Surgical Site Infections After Cesarean [PDF]

Disease and Diagnosis, 2012
Introduction: Cesarean surgical site infection (SSI) occurs in 3% to 17% of patients who undergo cesarean delivery. SSIs increase postcesarean maternal morbidity and health costs and cause longer hospital stays.
Zahra Etaati, Maryam Rahmani, Minoo Rajaee, Azade Askari, Said Hosseini   +4 more
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Single vs Multiple Dose of Cefazolin Prophylaxis in Elective Cesarean Section

Indonesian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2017
Introduction: Caesarean section (CS) is one of port d’ entrée from infection in women and it is related to maternal morbidity during puerpureal period.
Sigit Purbadi, Muhamad Fadli
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Population pharmacokinetics of three alternative prophylactic antibiotics during cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation

Biomedical Papers, 2023
Aims. The aim of this pharmacokinetic study was to describe and quantify population pharmacokinetics of three antibiotics, cefazolin, ampicillin, and ciprofloxacin, used as antibacterial prophylaxis during cardiovascular surgery with the use of ...
Petr Santavy, Vendula Kubickova, Martin Sima, Karel Urbanek   +3 more
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Potent monoclonal antibodies against multidrug‐resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae

Interdisciplinary Medicine, EarlyView.
A novel immunization strategy using a low‐virulence, multidrug‐resistant strain yields synergistic monoclonal antibodies against hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae. These antibodies provide cross‐serotype protection through a dual‐mechanism of pathogen clearance and immunomodulation, offering a promising non‐antibiotic therapeutic for resistant ...
Yushan Jiang, Zhuolin Li, Yang Yang, Zihan He, Tyuji Hoshino, Vladislav Victorovich Khrustalev, Qing Zhu, Weiling Wu, Wei Zhao, Chenguang Shen, Shi Ouyang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparison of antibiotic disks from different sources on Quicolor and Mueller-Hinton agar media in evaluation of antibacterial susceptibility testing [PDF]

, 2016
Background and Objectives: Antibacterial susceptibility testing of clinical bacterial isolates through disk diffusion method plays a major role in antibacterial treatment. One of the main factors affecting the result of these tests is the type, structure
Abdi-Ali, Ahya, Rezaei Hemami, Mohsen, Saffari, Neda, Salmanzadeh-Ahrabi, Siavosh   +3 more
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Time‐dependent wound management protocol prevents periprosthetic joint infection in total knee arthroplasty with persistent drainage

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the success rate of a standardised protocol for managing persistent wound drainage following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods A prospective observational study was conducted at four institutions between January and June 2022 across primary and revision TKAs.
Filippo Leggieri, Francesco Ferriani, Enrico Di Benedetto, Enrick Miani, Enrico Festa, Giovanni Balato, Stefano M. P. Rossi, Francesco Benazzo, Andrea Baldini   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid optical determination of β-lactamase and antibiotic activity [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The absence of rapid tests evaluating antibiotic susceptibility results in the empirical prescription of antibiotics. This can lead to treatment failures due to escalating antibiotic resistance, and also furthers the emergence of drug ...
Hasan, Tayyaba, Khan, Shazia, Nau, Gerard J, Sallum, Ulysses W, Zheng, Xiang   +4 more
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Impact of Priming Volume Reduction on Hematocrit Retention in Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Retrospective Analysis

Pediatric Anesthesia, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Retrograde autologous priming and venous antegrade priming replace the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit crystalloid with patient blood to mitigate hemodilution. However, their effectiveness in pediatric patients, particularly when analyzed as continuous variables, remains unclear.
Tokimitsu Hibino, Yusuke Okui, Yoshie Toba, Satoko Kondo, Hiromi Ikegami, Kiyoshi Suzuki, Fumiko Ogura, Hiroshi Masui, Norihisa Kitamoto, Masaaki Koide, Tsutomu Yamazaki   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Empirical treatment of bacterial keratitis: an international survey of corneal specialists. [PDF]

, 2017
Background/aimsNew antibiotic agents and changing susceptibility patterns may have changed the empirical treatment of bacterial keratitis. Our objective in this study was to survey cornea specialists' practice patterns in the initial treatment of ...
Austin, Ariana, Geske, Mike, Lietman, Tom, Mannis, Mark, Rose-Nussbaumer, Jennifer, Schallhorn, Julie   +5 more
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Tissue‐retained needles in people who inject drugs: A systematic review of case reports and series on clinical presentations, complications and management

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Tissue‐retained needles from intravenous drug use can cause rare but severe complications, ranging from local to systemic infections to needle embolization. Due to the limited evidence and the lack of epidemiological studies on the issue, we systematically reviewed the literature focusing on case reports and case series on ...
Heidi Laukkala, Anna Nevalainen, Irina Rinta‐Kiikka, Samuel Heikkilä, Sisu Kiuru, Markku Sumanen, Otso Arponen, Olli Nevalainen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source