Antimicrobial prophylaxis in acute pancreatitis: Selective decontamination versus antibiotics

Bailliere's Best Practice in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 317-330

  Luiten, Ernest J T ^a,b   Bruining, Hajo A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Antibiotics; Gram negative intestinal colonization; Pancreatic infections; Selective decontamination

Indexed keywords

4 QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; ENEMA; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVAMISOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; MEZLOCILLIN; NAFAMSTAT; NETILMICIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PANCREAS NECROSIS; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033167048     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.1999.0027     Document Type: Article

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