Is it justified to obtain routine peritoneal fluid cultures during appendectomy in children?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 632-634

  Celik A ^a   Ergun O ^a   Ozcan C ^a   Aldemir, H ^a   Balik, E ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Children; Peritoneal cultures

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346494289     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-003-0978-5     Document Type: Article

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