Medical management of acute appendicitis: A case report

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-226

  Groetsch, Stefan M ^a   Shaughnessy, Joseph M ^a,b  

^a NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; NAUSEA; PERITONEAL FLUID; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDOMONAS; SIDE EFFECT; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE;

EID: 0035024719     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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