Study protocol Open Access Prophylactic antibiotic for prevention of posttraumatic meningitis after traumatic pneumocephalus: design and rationale of a placebo-controlled randomized multicenter trial [ISRCTN71132784]

Behzad Eftekhar*1, Mohammad Ghodsi1, Azar Hadadi2, Mousa Taghipoor3,
Samira Zabihyan Sigarchi4, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar5,
Ehsan Sherafat Kazemzadeh3, Babak Esmaeeli7, Farideh Nejat8,
Alireza Yalda6 and Ebrahim Ketabchi1

Address: 1Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center and Department of Neurosurgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran University, Iran, 2Department of
Infectious Diseases, Sina Hospital, Tehran University, Iran, 3Department of Neurosurgery, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz University, Iran, 4Department
of Neurosurgery, Ghaem Hospital, Mashad University, Iran, 5Department of Neurosurgery, Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital, Zahedan University, Iran,
6Department of Infectious Diseases, Imam Hospital, Tehran University, Iran, 7Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital, Shahrood, Iran and
8Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Tehran University, Iran
Email: Behzad Eftekhar* - eftekhar[at]sina.tums.ac.ir; Mohammad Ghodsi - ghodsism[at]sina.tums.ac.ir; Azar Hadadi - Hadadiaz[at]sina.tums.ac.ir;
Mousa Taghipoor - taghiporm[at]sums.ac.ir; Samira Zabihyan Sigarchi - zabihyan[at]yahoo.com; Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar - v_rahimi[at]yahoo.com;
Ehsan Sherafat Kazemzadeh - sherafate[at]sums.ac.ir; Babak Esmaeeli - esmailibabak[at]yahoo.com; Farideh Nejat - Nejat[at]sina.tums.ac.ir;
Alireza Yalda - AlirezaYalda[at]yahoo.com; Ebrahim Ketabchi - ebrahimketabchi[at]yahoo.com
* Corresponding author