Systematic review and meta-analysis of antibiotic prophylaxis in severe acute pancreatitis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-270

  Wittau, Mathias ^a   Mayer, Benjamin ^b   Scheele, Jan ^a   Henne Bruns, Doris ^a   Dellinger, E Patchen ^c   Isenmann, Rainer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d St Anna Virngrundklinik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; antibiotic prophylaxis; pancreatitis; prophylactic antibiotics

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIDAZOLE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEVERE ACUTE PANCREATITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PANCREATITIS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING;

EID: 79751500442     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2010.531486     Document Type: Review

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