title: [Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis with metronidazole in elective colonic and rectal surgery. Results of a clinical controlled study and a critical literature review].
abstract: The pathogen spectrum of wound infections in colon surgery is composed almost exclusively of facultatively aerobic and obligatorily anaerobic intestinal flora. A study was performed in which a one-shot prophylaxis was carried out by applying metronidazole, 500 mg i.v., or latamoxef (lamoxactam) 2 g i.v., on induction of anesthesia. The metronidazole group evidenced a 26.3% incidence of infections due exclusively to aerobic pathogens. In the latamoxef (lamoxactam) group, it was possible to achieve a reduction of the postoperative rate of wound infections to 11.1%. The study was prematurely terminated because of the high rate of wound infections in the metronidazole group and the exclusive selecting of aerobic pathogens.
mesh_terms: D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011292:Premedication; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D008795:Metronidazole
vernacular_title: Systemische Antibiotikaprophylaxe mit Metronidazol in der elektiven Kolon- und Rektumchirurgie. Ergebnisse einer klinisch-kontrollierten Studie und kritische Literaturübersicht.