title: Wound sepsis after low risk elective cholecystectomy: the effect of cefuroxime.
abstract: A prospective randomized double-blind study was performed to assess the value of a single intravenous injection of 1.5 g cefuroxime in the prevention of wound sepsis after low risk elective cholecystectomy. Wound infection developed in 10 of 81 control patients compared with 2 of 79 treated patients (P less than 0.05). Wound sepsis occurred more commonly in patients with infected bile or with a positive culture from a closing wound swab. Cefuroxime significantly reduced the isolation of staphylococci but not other organisms from the closing wound swab and also produced a significant reduction in wound infection in patients with sterile bile.
mesh_terms: D002444:Cefuroxime / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D012306:Risk; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D002511:Cephalosporins; D002444:Cefuroxime