Increased incidence of postoperative infections during prophylaxis with cephalothin compared to doxycycline in intestinal surgery

Table 1 Prophylactic antibiotic regimen according to patient group and period of observation

Patient group^a	Period 1	Period 2	Period 3
Colorectal patients	Doxycycline and metronidazole	Cephalothin and metronidazole	Doxycycline and metronidazole
Gynaecology patients	Doxycycline and metronidazole	Cephalothin and metronidazole	Cephalothin and metronidazole
Patients with elective Caesarean section	None	None	None
Patients with acute Caesarean section	Cephalothin	Cephalothin	Cephalothin

^a The colorectal and the gynaecological patients are the intervention groups and the acute and elective caesarean sections are the control group.

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