A four-day course of cephalosporins in transurethral prostatectomy.
Each of 233 patients undergoing transurethral prostatectomy received 2 gm of a cephalosporin intravenously on the day of surgery and the following day and 1 gm on each of the next two days. No serious postoperative complications and no epididymitis were noted. Postoperative urinary tract infections occurred in 7% of the 233 patients: in 13% of the 64 patients preoperatively infected and in 5% of the 169 patients not preoperatively infected. Fourteen previous studies of prophylaxis in transurethral prostatectomy are reviewed.
Fujita
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Department of Urology, National Medical Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
D001437:Bacteriuria; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
D002511:Cephalosporins