The effect of a single-dose parenteral antibiotic in the prevention of wound infection a controlled trial
- 1 February 1972
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 59 (2), 98-99
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800590206
Abstract
In a series of 349 operations a single dose of 500 mg. of ampicillin was given immediately preoperatively to 164 patients selected at random. There was no significant reduction in the wound-infection rate in cases given ampicillin compared with the controls.Keywords
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