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Clinical Trial
. 1986 Dec 20;15(46):2351-2.

[Short-term antibiotic prophylaxis in colorectal surgery: cefoxitin versus piperacillin. A double-blind randomized study, 60 cases]

[Article in French]
F Armengaud, J Jobard, E Bernard, C Cordero, J Mouiel, D Sicard, P Dellamonica
  • PMID: 2949285
Clinical Trial

[Short-term antibiotic prophylaxis in colorectal surgery: cefoxitin versus piperacillin. A double-blind randomized study, 60 cases]

[Article in French]
F Armengaud et al. Presse Med. .

Abstract

A randomized, double-blind comparative trial of cefoxitine and piperacillin was conducted in two groups of 30 patients with a similar number of the usual risk factors. Doses of cefoxitine 2 g and piperacillin 4 g were administered only once, except in some cases when the operation lasted more than 5 hours. Analysis of the results showed that the two antibiotics had equivalent prophylactic effectiveness (congruent to 6%) in colorectal surgery.

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