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[Clinical use of ceftriaxone in short-term prophylaxis in general surgery. A case load contribution]
G Brigli1, S Sommariva, F E Doria
1Ospedale S. Giacomo-Novi Ligure, Divisione di Chirurgia Generale.
Minerva Chirurgica
|March 15, 1990
Abstract:
The results obtained after short-term surgical prophylaxis with ceftriaxone in 443 patients of whom 361 operated of choice are reported. In all, only 3 failures were encountered. The drug also proved to be well tolerated and there were no noteworthy side-effects in the treated patients. The effectiveness of prophylactic treatment is attributed to the long half-life of the molecule (about 8 hours) guaranteeing efficient antibacterial cover with just one administration for the whole period that is critical for surgical infections, during and after operation.