[Clinical experience with cefoxitin in the surgical field]

Cefoxitin (CFX) was administered to 49 hospitalized patients in the surgical field, and the following results were obtained: Clinical results of the 12 patients with surgical infections were excellent in 1 patient, good in 10, and poor in 1, with the efficacy rate of 91.7%. CFX was also administered to 37 patients for prophylaxis of postoperative infections, and the clinical efficacy rate was 91.7%. No side effects were seen besides mild eruption in 1 patient. The above results indicate that CFX is exceeding useful in surgical field.