Oral antibiotics in the management of perforated appendicitis in children

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1072-1074

  Gollin, Gerald ^a   Abarbanell, Aaron ^a   Moores, Donald ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; WOUND INFECTION; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION TREE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION TREES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0036984384     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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