The role of antibiotic prophylaxis in severe acute pancreatitis

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 487-493

  Ho, Hung S ^a   Frey, Charles F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN; IMIPENEM;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031007971     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430290033004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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