 Antibiotic Prophylaxis
"Antibiotic Prophylaxis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Use of antibiotics before, during, or after a diagnostic, therapeutic, or surgical procedure to prevent infectious complications.
| Descriptor ID |
D019072
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.162.150 E02.319.703.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Antibiotic Prophylaxis- Antibiotic Prophylaxis
- Prophylaxis, Antibiotic
- Premedication, Antibiotic
- Antibiotic Premedication
- Antibiotic Premedications
- Premedications, Antibiotic
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| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antibiotic Prophylaxis" by people in Profiles.
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Garey KW, Ghantoji SS, Shah DN, Habib M, Arora V, Jiang ZD, DuPont HL. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study to assess the ability of rifaximin to prevent recurrent diarrhoea in patients with Clostridium difficile infection. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2011 Dec; 66(12):2850-5.
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Wong GK, Ip M, Poon WS, Mak CW, Ng RY. Antibiotics-impregnated ventricular catheter versus systemic antibiotics for prevention of nosocomial CSF and non-CSF infections: a prospective randomised clinical trial. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2010 Oct; 81(10):1064-7.
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Garey KW, Amrutkar P, Dao-Tran TK, Frost CP, Chen H, Essien EJ, Gentry LO. Economic benefit of appropriate timing of vancomycin prophylaxis in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery. Pharmacotherapy. 2008 Jun; 28(6):699-706.
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Wong GK, Poon WS, Ng SC, Ip M. The impact of ventricular catheter impregnated with antimicrobial agents on infections in patients with ventricular catheter: interim report. Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2008; 102:53-5.
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Garey KW, Lai D, Dao-Tran TK, Gentry LO, Hwang LY, Davis BR. Interrupted time series analysis of vancomycin compared to cefuroxime for surgical prophylaxis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Feb; 52(2):446-51.
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Wong GK, Poon WW. External ventricular drain infection. J Neurosurg. 2007 Jul; 107(1):248; author reply 248-9.
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Jethwa P, Breuning E, Bhati C, Buckles J, Mirza D, Bramhall S. The microbiological impact of pre-operative biliary drainage on patients undergoing hepato-biliary-pancreatic (HPB) surgery. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007 May 15; 25(10):1175-80.
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Garey KW, Dao T, Chen H, Amrutkar P, Kumar N, Reiter M, Gentry LO. Timing of vancomycin prophylaxis for cardiac surgery patients and the risk of surgical site infections. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006 Sep; 58(3):645-50.
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Kachroo S, Dao T, Zabaneh F, Reiter M, Larocco MT, Gentry LO, Garey KW. Tolerance of vancomycin for surgical prophylaxis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus colonization. Ann Pharmacother. 2006 Mar; 40(3):381-5.
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