Antibiotic prophylaxis after basilar skull fractures: a meta-analysis

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Antibiotic prophylaxis after basilar skull fractures remains controversial. Previous studies have not clearly delineated the utility of prophylactic antibiotics in this setting. We undertook this study to determine if antibiotic prophylaxis after basilar skull fractures prevented meningitis. We perf …
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Authors Villalobos T;Arango C;Kubilis P;Rathore M;;
Journal Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Year 1998
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systematic review meta-analysis National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine meningitis cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea / etiology pmid:9709888 doi:10.1086/514666 t villalobos c arango m rathore antibiotic prophylaxis* bacterial / etiology bacterial / prevention & control* skull base / injuries skull fractures* / complications wound infection / prevention & control

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