Single dose intra-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis during prostatectomy: gentamicin compared with cefotetan.
Two hundred consecutive patients undergoing prostatectomy were given a single dose of gentamicin or cefotetan intra-operatively. Both antibiotics afforded good protection against postoperative bacteriuria and septicaemic symptoms were fewer in those patients given cefotetan, although this difference was not statistically significant.
D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000517:prevention & control; D015313:Cefotetan; D002513:Cephamycins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy; D018805:Sepsis / Q000517:prevention & control
D002513:Cephamycins; D005839:Gentamicins; D015313:Cefotetan