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.

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

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

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

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

Dentists probably shouldn’t prescribe prophylactic antibiotics to third-molar surgery patients, according to a new study.

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic chemotherapy in unconscious patients in preventing infections of the lungs and skin with resistant micro-organisms. In ...

MUCH has been written in recent years about the role that the excessive use of antibiotics has played in establishing an antibiotic-resistant flora in the nasopharynx of the patients and personnel ...

In this interview, Kari A.O. Tikkinen, MD, PhD, provides an overview of the APPEAL trial (NCT03692715), which is assessing the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis prior to shockwave lithotripsy for ...

Summary Review/Oral Surgery No benefit from prophylactic antibiotics in third molar surgery Does prophylactic antibiotic use reduce infection following third molar removal? Mike Hill ...

Antibiotic prophylaxis is itself associated with a mortality rate. Prendegast quotes a potential anaphylaxis related mortality of 1–3 per 100 000 uses of beta-lactam antibiotics. 8 To gain some feel ...