Trial of Short-Course Antimicrobial Therapy for Intraabdominal Infection
Author(s) -
Robert G. Sawyer,
Jeffrey A. Claridge,
Avery B. Nathens,
Ori D. Rotstein,
Therèse M. Duane,
Heather L. Evans,
Charles H. Cook,
Patrick J. O’Neill,
John E. Mazuski,
Reza Askari,
Mark A. Wilson,
Lena M. Napolitano,
Nicholas Namias,
Preston R. Miller,
E. Patchen Dellinger,
Christopher M. Watson,
Raúl Coimbra,
Daniel L. Dent,
Stephen F. Lowry,
Christine S. Cocanour,
Michael A. West,
Kaysie L. Banton,
William G. Cheadle,
Pamela A. Lipsett,
Christopher A. Guidry,
Kimberley A. Popovsky
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1411162
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , ileus , antibiotics , leukocytosis , surgery , confidence interval , antimicrobial , chemistry , organic chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The successful treatment of intraabdominal infection requires a combination of anatomical source control and antibiotics. The appropriate duration of antimicrobial therapy remains unclear.
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