| Literature DB >> 321076 |
A T Willis, I R Ferguson, P H Jones, K D Phillips, P V Tearle, R V Fiddian, D F Graham, D H Harland, D F Hughes, D Knight, W M Mee, N Pashby, R L Rothwell-Jackson, A K Sachdeva, I Sutch, C Kilbey, D Edwards.
Abstract
A double-blind randomised trial was carried out among 46 patients undergoing elective colonic surgery; 27 patients received prophylactic metronidazole and 19 received placebo. Anaerobic infections did not develop in any of the metronidazole-treated patients, but did develop in 11 (58%) of 19 controls who were subsequently successfully treated with metronidazole.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 321076 PMCID: PMC1605270 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6061.607
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Med J ISSN: 0007-1447