24 April 2022: Clinical Research
Prophylactic Use of Antibiotics for Fever After Drainage Removal Following a Dural Tear During Lumbar Spinal Surgery: A Retrospective Study
Yuhuai Liu 1ABCDEF* , Qinghua Tan 1ABCEF* , Jie Qin 1ACD , Yan Cai 1B , Ning Ning 2C , Rui Zhang 3B , Bo Dong 4B , Xijing He 1DEG , Dong Wang 1CD , Bo Zhao 1ACDEG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.936652
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936652
Figure 1 The effect of antibiotics on the change of fever (A), white blood cell count (WBC) (B), neutrophil count (NEUT#) (C), C-reactive protein (CRP) (D), and neutrophil percentage (NEUT%) (E) in patients with fever after drainage removal (FDR). NA – no antibiotics (NA group); CTRX – Ceftriaxone (CTRX group); VA – Vancomycin (VA group); CTRX+VA – Ceftriaxone+Vancomycin (CTRX+VA group); OTHERS – Other antibiotics (OTHERS group) – the first-/second-generation cephalosporin and clindamycin. The figure was created using GraphPad Prism 9.1.1 (223) for Mac, GraphPad Software, San Diego, California, USA, www.graphpad.com.