title: A comparison of cephazolin sodium and co-trimoxazole as prophylactic antibiotics in out-patient urinary tract endoscopy.
abstract: Five-hundred patients were entered into a study to compare intramuscular cephazolin sodium with intramuscular co-trimoxazole in reducing the incidence of post-endoscopy rigor in out-patients. Urine cultures were carried out immediately before, immediately after, and 24 h after endoscopy and the incidence of post-procedure symptoms was elicited by pre-paid reply post cards. Similar rigor rates (9%) were obtained in the 2 groups. The incidence of sensitivity of the significant cultured organisms to the 2 antibiotics was high, but no correlation was found between the presence of infected urine and rigor, and possible reasons for this are discussed. Patients found intramuscular administration of co-trimoxazole to be painful and the 10% incidence of rigor is no improvement on the 8% rigor rate obtained in those who received cephazolin.
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002437:Cefazolin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D014295:Trimethoprim; D002437:Cefazolin; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole