title: [Necessity of prophylactic antibiotics in patients with primary liver cancer undergoing transcatheter arterial chemoembolization: a prospective study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the necessity of prophylactic administration of antibiotic in patients with primary liver cancer undergoing transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE).
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty patients without preoperative infection were randomized into two groups to receive a single dose of cefazolin (PA group) prior to TACE or no prophylactic antibiotics (NONE group). The incidence of postoperative infection was compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of postoperative infection was 3.4% (1/29) in NONE group and 3.2% (1/31) in PA group, without significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prophylactic antibiotics are not necessary for patients with primary liver cancer prior to TACE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Therapy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors.forename: Jiang-yun
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Chuan-jun
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000628:therapy*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D002437:Cefazolin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D002437:Cefazolin