Duration of antibiotic therapy for cholangitis after successful endoscopic drainage of the biliary tract

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 518-522

  Van Lent, Anja U G ^a   Bartelsman, Joep F W M ^a   Tytgat, Guido N J ^a   Speelman, Peter ^a   Prins, Jan M ^a,b  

^a Academic Medical Center ^*

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BLEEDING; CHOLANGITIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHOLESTASIS; FEVER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; DRAINAGE; FEVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036551204     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2002.122334     Document Type: Article

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