Infection rates in clean surgical procedures: a comparison of ampicillin prophylaxis vs a placebo.
A total of 122 dogs and 7 cats were included in a prospective, randomized, blind trial to determine the frequency of wound infection after clean surgical procedures and to compare the infection rates in dogs and cats given ampicillin (group 1) with those given a placebo (group 2). The 2 groups were similar in terms of mean age, sex ratio, duration of hospital stay, and types of surgical procedures. A wound infection developed in one of the dogs given ampicillin; there were no wound infections in the animals given the placebo. The infection rates in the 2 groups were not significantly different.
D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004285:Dogs; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011292:Premedication; D011897:Random Allocation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*
D000667:Ampicillin