Fungal infection but not type of bacterial infection is associated with a high mortality in primary and secondary infected pancreatic necrosis

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-304

  Connor, S ^a   Alexakis, N ^a   Neal, T ^a   Raraty, M ^a   Ghaneh, P ^a   Evans, J ^a   Hughes, M ^a   Rowlands, P ^a   Garvey, C J ^a   Sutton, R ^a   Neoptolemos, J P ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteria; Fungi; Necrosectomy; Pancreatitis; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERINFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5644225558     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080884     Document Type: Article

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