The antibiotic of choice determined by antibiogram in maxillary sinus elevation surgery: a clinical study.
Javier Carreño CarreñoGerardo Gómez-MorenoAntonio Aguilar-SalvatierraRamón Martínez CorriáMaría Luisa Menéndez López-MateosMario Menéndez-NúñezPublished in: Clinical oral implants research (2016)
On the basis of antibiograms of positive cultures, the antibiotics presenting the greatest efficacy against possible complications were as follows: ampicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, and ciprofloxacin. Clinically, the antibiograms proved useful as they allowed the prescription of specific antibiotics to resolve possible postoperative sinus infections.