Peritoneal cultures and antibiotic treatment in patients with perforated appendicitis

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 214-216

  Soffer, Dror ^a   Zait, Shiry ^a   Klausner, Joseph ^a   Kluger, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Appendicectomy; Bacteriological culture; Perforated appendix

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0035078223     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241501750099456     Document Type: Article

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