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Filter by:This study is non-inferiority trial design. This study aimed to investigate the effect of prophylactic oral antibiotics on preventing cholangitis in biliary atresia (BA) patients after Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) by comparing the cholangitis rate in BA patients who received prophylactic oral antibiotics and those who did not. The patients were followed up for 2 years after KP.
Cat bites are puncture wounds that have the potential to seed bacteria deep within the joint capsule, periosteum, and bone. The hand is the most common site of bite injuries. Pasteurella multocida is the is the most common organism isolated from the mouths of cats that can cause infections after a bite. Prophylactic antibiotics are often recommended with amoxicillin-clavulanate for 3-5 days to decrease the incidence of developing an infection. However, only one randomized controlled clinical trial consisting of 12 patients has been performed to justify this course of treatment, raising the possibility that the use of antibiotics could be reduced or even eliminated. Investigators will compare different durations of prophylactic antibiotics and a placebo control for cat bites to the hand/forearm presenting to the Emergency Department, Urgent Care, Plastic Surgery Clinic using a randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial. Participants presenting to the University of Missouri Hospital Emergency Department, Missouri University (MU) Healthcare Urgent Care, Plastic Surgery Clinic over the next year will be offered the chance to enroll if they meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria. For inclusion, participants will be >18 years of age, have cat bites to the hand or distal to elbow, and present within 24 hours of the cat bite injury. Participants must not present with active local or systemic infections, have received antibiotics within the past 30 days, or be immunocompromised (primary and secondary immunodeficiencies). Participants will be randomized to one of three treatment arms (placebo; amoxicillin-clavulanate 1 day; amoxicillin-clavulanate 5 days). Outcomes are the development of an infection at the location of the cat bite and/or systemic infection, adverse effects of interventions, disability assessed by Quick Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand (QuickDASH) scores, and quality of life (QOL) assessed by HAND Questionnaire (HAND-Q) scores. Infection will be assessed at day 0, day 2, day 7+/-2, day 14+/-2, and day 30+/-2 by vital signs, laboratory values, physical examination and with an infrared and digital camera. All measures will be within the standard of care, apart from the infrared camera, QuickDASH, and HAND-Q scores. The anatomic locations of cat bites to the hand/forearm will be assessed for correlations with infections.
This is a multicenter prospective cohort study in which patients were evaluated by inclusion and exclusion criteria before phase II revision surgery. Eligible patients will be included in this study after signing the informed consent form. After the second stage revision, according to the patient's symptoms and examination results, the attending physician used a reasonable antibiotic treatment scheme (including intravenous and oral medication). All patients voluntarily participated in the study and signed informed consent. During the treatment period, all prospective patients underwent clinical evaluation at the time points of 1, 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after the start of antibiotic treatment after phase II revision. The infection control rate of patients was evaluated by follow-up at least 2 years after operation, so as to analyze the effect of antibiotic treatment course after two-stage revision of periprosthetic joint infection.
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) is the most common gastrointestinal complication of antibiotic use, with potentially serious clinical impact. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of Saccharomyces boulardii in the prevention of AAD in adult patients with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) treated in a hospital. A multicenter, randomized, parallel-group, double-blind, placebo-controlled study is conducted whereby adults who are hospitalized due to LRTI and treated with intravenous antibiotics and randomized to capsules containing S. boulardii or indistinguishable placebo. The outcome measures were: relevant clinical features, gastrointestinal symptoms, and adverse events.
Preoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis is a key element for the prevention of surgical site infection, the most common type of nosocomial infection in surgical patients. Prophylactic antibiotics are selected depending on the type of surgery, and first- or second-generation cephalosporins have been mainly used. Cefoxitin, a second-generation cephalosporin with anaerobic activity, has been used in various clinical settings as a prophylactic antibiotic for colorectal surgery. Cefoxitin is generally dissolved in normal saline and intravenously administered for a short time of 5-10 minutes before skin incision. However, there are several drawbacks to the current dosing strategy. First, the dose of cefazolin is determined by a "rule of thumb", and there is controversy over whether 1 g or 2 g is appropriate, with the opinion that 2 g being more appropriate prevailing. Second, the standard administration method unnecessarily induces a concentration higher than the concentration required to prevent surgical site infection. Third, significant covariates that can affect the maintenance of MIC during surgery are not considered. The target-concentration controlled infusion (TCI) method can be a viable alternative administration method for antibiotics. The TCI method enables individual customized administration according to the covariates (i.e., weight, creatinine clearance) included in the pharmacokinetic parameters; also, although with some variability, the drug can be administered while maintaining the target concentration. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of administering cefoxitin in patients undergoing colorectal surgery with a syringe pump equipped with a target concentration control injection function
Azithromycin is an antibiotic that is effective against bacteria that been associated with preterm birth (PTB). The purpose of this study is to evaluate if the addition of azithromycin prior to exam indicated cerclage prolongs gestation. A cerclage is a suture placed in the cervix to prolong gestation.
The purpose of this study is to help determine the best treatment for severe injures like open fracture wounds. Some broken bone injuries can be more likely to get an infection. It is mostly due to the way they were injured. Surgical site infection in the orthopedic surgery population is a big public health issue. Wound infections result in both longer length of hospital stay and total cost of care. This study will be using an antibiotic called Vancomycin or Tobramycin in a powder form.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the indirect effects of antibiotic combinations. SCAP viability, proliferation and apoptosis of the cells were evaluated. Osteocalcin (BGLAP), dentin sialo phosphoprotein (DSPP) and alkaline phosphatase (ALPP) gene expression levels were also evaluated.
The objective of this proposal is to advance medication development for alcohol use disorder by examining the efficacy and mechanisms of action of minocycline, a neuroimmune modulator, as a potential treatment. This study has important clinical implications, as the available treatments for alcohol use disorder are only modestly effective and testing novel medications is a high research priority.
Antimicrobial or antibiotic agents, which are essential to prevent and treat bacterial infectious diseases, have become one of the most widely used drugs in the world. In the European region, the highest rates of antibiotic consumption are reported in Turkey. There is a nearly fivefold difference between Turkey and the lowest consuming countries. Studies in dentistry evaluate participants according to the basis of predefined criteria. History of antibiotic consumption is one of the most common exclusion criteria for periodontal trials. However, there is still disagreement on how long the effect of systemic antibiotic agents on the oral mucosa and periodontal tissue lasts. It is unclear whether the timing of antibiotic consumption should be an exclusion criterion for genetic damage and histological studies during the selection of healthy participants. Periodontal status of participants in study groups is described as with or without periodontitis in many studies, because of the lack of clear definitions of periodontal health and gingivitis. It should be recognized that even the lack of visual signs of inflammation, some mild histopathological changes can be seen in the periodontium. Consequently, for the real diagnosis of the clinically healthy periodontium, clinical findings should be supported and confirmed with histological results. Micronuclei (Mn) are observed as abnormal nuclear structures and indicators of chromosomal level DNA damage. The oral mucosa epithelium is an immunologic barrier and affected by chemical factors such as antibiotic consumption. The Mn test to exfoliated epithelial cells from the oral cavity is utilized as a non-invasive diagnostic technique for monitoring the status of oral health. To our knowledge, no studies have been conducted on the comparison of the impacts of the timing of antibiotic consumption on human periodontal tissues and oral smear samples. The present study is undertaken to determine whether the different timing of antibiotic (amoxicillin) therapy has effects on the histopathology of gingiva and genetic damage of exfoliated cells from oral mucosa in healthy participants.