Prophylactic antibiotics for posttraumatic cerebrospinal fluid fistulae. A meta-analysis

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Individually, each of the studies included in this analysis demonstrated no significant difference in the incidence of meningitis with prophylactic antibiotic therapy. The reason for this is that inadequate numbers of patients were available at each institution. Pooling the data from the past 25 yea …
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Journal archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery
Year 1997
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meta-analysis National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine Comparative Study Incidence cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea / etiology antibiotic prophylaxis* skull base / injuries pmid:9236597 doi:10.1001/archotol.1997.01900070093016 h a brodie cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea / drug therapy* cerebrospinal fluid* fistula / drug therapy* fistula / etiology meningitis / epidemiology meningitis / prevention & control skull fractures / complications

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