Diverticular disease: Diagnosis and treatment

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1229-1234

  Salzman, Holly ^a,b   Lillie, Dustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; METRONIDAZOLE; MONOBACTAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PETHIDINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE; STEROID; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLITIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; FISTULA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERFORATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; DIETARY FIBER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIETARY FIBER; DIVERTICULOSIS, COLONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 27744470492     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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