T.E.A. Study: Three-day ertapenem versus three-day Ampicillin-Sulbactam

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Catena, Fausto ^a   Vallicelli, Carlo ^b   Ansaloni, Luca ^c   Sartelli, Massimo ^d   Di Saverio, Salomone ^e   Schiavina, Riccardo ^b   Pasqualini, Eddi ^b   Amaduzzi, Annalisa ^b   Coccolini, Federico ^c   Cucchi, Michele ^b   Lazzareschi, Daniel ^f   Baiocchi, Gian Luca ^g   Pinna, Antonio D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d Hospital of Macerata   (Italy)

^e MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERTAPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFECTION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEPTIC ULCER; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; SULBACTAM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876791940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-13-76     Document Type: Article

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