A shorter course of prophylactic antibiotics, or even no course at all, appeared to be noninferior to longer courses in ...

Prophylactic antibiotic use before tunneled cuffed catheter insertion was not linked to a lower rate of early hemodialysis ...

Current guidelines for patients with cirrhosis and upper-GI bleeding recommend 5 to 7 days of antibiotic prophylaxis to ...

New research in JAMA Internal Medicine has challenged the current guideline recommending 5-7 days of preventive antibiotics ...

Pooled data show that no or shorter antibiotic prophylaxis for upper GI bleeding in cirrhosis is very likely noninferior to longer courses for all-cause mortality, challenging long-standing advice.

de Jonge E et al. Effects of selective decontamination of digestive tract on mortality and acquisition of resistant bacteria in intensive care: A randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2003 Sep 27 ...

Prior to the advent of cocktails of AIDS drugs, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was one of the leading killers of AIDS victims, and those with AIDS routinely took prophylactic antibiotics to ...

David L. Hemsell, Prophylactic Antibiotics in Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery, Reviews of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 13, Supplement 10. International Symposium on Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis ...

Editorial Archive Prophylactic Antibiotics in Measles Published October 20, 1955 N Engl J Med 1955;253: 705 - 706 ...

The researchers found that, compared to patients without antibiotic prophylaxis, patients in the prophylactic antibiotic arms had a reduced risk of developing a skin rash in all studies (odds ...