title: [Infected wounds].
abstract: Continuous prophylactic therapy with antibiotics has been used for a long time to try to prevent the step from bacterial contamination to clinical infection of surgical wounds. Earlier results of clinical trials were poor and side-effects common. For those used in recent years, however, the side-effects of pre- or perioperative prophylactic antibiotics have been minimal, although the therapeutical benefits have not yet been proven. This has also been the case with prophylactic infusion of gamma-globulin for prevention of postoperative wound infections.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005174:Factor XII / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011292:Premedication; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005719:gamma-Globulins; D005174:Factor XII
vernacular_title: Die infizierte Wunde.