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  • Title: Short term metronidazole therapy contrasted with povidone-iodine spray in the prevention of wound infection after appendicectomy.
    Author: Salem RJ, Johnson J, Devitt P.
    Journal: Br J Surg; 1979 Jun; 66(6):430-1. PubMed ID: 380737.
    Abstract:
    In a prospective, randomized trial metronidazole was found to be significantly better than povidone-iodine in reducing the incidence of wound infection after appendicectomy (P less than 0.005). The metronidazole was given as a established 7-day course. Over 65 per cent of the wound infections presented after the patients had been discharged from hospital.
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