Natural history of acute pancreatitis and the role of infection

Bailliere's Best Practice in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-301

  Isenmann, Rainer ^a   Beger, Hans G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Infected pancreatic necrosis; Severe acute pancreatitis; Surgical treatment; Systemic complications

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 0033167402     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.1999.0025     Document Type: Article

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