Bacterial studies of complicated appendicitis over a 20-year period and their impact on empirical antibiotic treatment

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2055-2062

  Schmitt, Françoise ^a,b   Clermidi, Pauline ^b   Dorsi, Marine ^a   Cocquerelle, Vanessa ^c   Gomes, Cindy Ferreira ^a   Becmeur, François ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Appendicitis; Bacterial multiresistance; Children

Indexed keywords

CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM PLUS TICARCILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAEROBE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDICITIS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCACEAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84869399984     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.04.025     Document Type: Article

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