Intra-operative culture in appendicitis: Traditional practice challenged

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 196-201

  Gladman, Marc A ^a,b   Knowles, Charles H ^a   Gladman, Lucy J ^a   Payne, John G ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Intra operative culture; Microbiological swabs; Postoperative outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENICITY; PELVIS ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PSEUDOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 2342491892     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588404323043346     Document Type: Article

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