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Antibiotic Prophylaxis

Known as: Antibiotic Premedications, Premedication, Antibiotic, Antibiotic Premedication 
Use of antibiotics before, during, or after a diagnostic, therapeutic, or surgical procedure to prevent infectious complications.
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Chemoprevention

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Review
2007
Review
2007
Retrospective analysis of 736 implants inserted without antibiotic therapy.
Review
2005
Review
2005
Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis after mass treatment of a trachoma hyperendemic community in Tanzania: a longitudinal study
Review
2004
Review
2004
Laboratory detection of group B Streptococcus for prevention of perinatal disease
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) or Streptococcus agalactiae emerged in the 1970s as the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Protective mechanisms against the antitumor agent bleomycin: lessons from Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Abstract. Bleomycin is a small glycopeptide antibiotic used in combination therapy for the treatment of a few types of human… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Prophylactic antibiotics in patients undergoing laser resurfacing of the skin.
Review
1980
Review
1980
Infected prosthetic grafts.
An experience with 20 infected prosthetic grafts in a series of 652 prosthetic arterial reconstructions has been reviewed. There… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis in neurological surgery.
The clinical and experimental bases for antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery are reviewed briefly. The evidence regarding antibiotic… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Inadequacy of nitrous oxide/oxygen mixtures for maintaining anaesthesia in cats: satisfactory alternatives
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Antibiotic prophylaxis in experimental bone infections.
The rationale for the use of prophylactic antibiotics in clean orthopaedic surgery was explored by means of an experimental model… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Nonclostridial anaerobic bacteria in septic abortion.
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