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Metronidazole in prevention and treatment of bacteroides infections in elective colonic surgery. |
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| Authors: | 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. |
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