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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

The Impact of Cefepime and Ampicillin/Sulbactam on Preventing Post-Cesarean Surgical Site Infections, Randomized Controlled Trail.

Mona A Abdelrahman, Asmaa Zaki, Sara A M Salem, Heba F Salem, Ahmed R N Ibrahim, Ahmed Hassan, Marwa O Elgendy

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mona A AbdelrahmanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8748-8090
Asmaa ZakiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University (NUB), Beni-Suef 62764, Egypt.
Sara A M SalemDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62521, Egypt.
Heba F SalemDepartment of Pharmaceutics & Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt.
Ahmed R N IbrahimDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed HassanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sadat City, Sadat City 32897, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0078-0310
Marwa O ElgendyDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University (NUB), Beni-Suef 62764, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-5466-0552
Beni-Suef University · EGKing Khalid University · SANahda University · EGUniversity of Sadat City · EG

Funding

Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. PNURSP2023R419
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the previous three decades, the rate of caesarean sections performed worldwide has grown exponentially. In comparison to a vaginal birth, the risk of all postpartum infections is higher with a cesarean section. One of the key factors contributing to maternal morbidity is the development of infectious complications in the surgical site after a caesarean section. The primary goal of the research was to compare the efficiency of using ampicillin/sulbactam (AMS) and cefepime (CEF) to reduce the incidence of surgical site infections (SSI) following caesarean delivery. This prospective randomized study was conducted among 200 pregnant women scheduled for elective cesarean section. They were collected from the Obstetrics and Gynecology department of Beni-Suef University Hospital, and then they were randomly assigned into two groups. Group (A) received cefepime 30 min before and 12 h after cesarean delivery, while group (B) received ampicillin/sulbactam 30 min before and 12 h after cesarean delivery. The groups were matched regarding the baseline women characteristics. Comparing the cefepime to the ampicillin/sulbactam revealed that the cefepime significantly decreased superficial SSI from 27% to 14% (0.023). A significant decrease was observed in deep SSI with cefepime compared to ampicillin/sulbactam from 24% to 13% (

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