Antibiotic therapy for acute appendicitis in adults

Prescrire International

Volumn 23, Issue 150, 2014, Pages 158-160

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TINIDAZOLE;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; CANDIDIASIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT MONITORING; PERITONITIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TENDINITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84902304524     PISSN: 11677422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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