Mild colonic diverticulitis can be treated without antibiotics. A case-control study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 325-330

  de Korte, N ^a   Kuyvenhoven, J Ph ^a   van der Peet, D L ^b   Felt Bersma, R J ^b   Cuesta, M A ^b   Stockmann, H B A C ^a  

^a Kennemer Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Conservative treatment; Diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INFUSION FLUID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COLONIC DIVERTICULITIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHYDRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGMOID DISEASES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 80054695072     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02609.x     Document Type: Article

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