Open AccessTime Course of Bacterial Infection of the Pancreas and Its Relation to Disease Severity in a Rodent Model of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Thomas Foitzik,
Kai Mithöfer,
M J Ferraro,
Carlos Fernández-Del Castillo,
Kent Lewandrowski,
D. W. Rattner,
Warshaw Al
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199408000-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , necrosis , acute pancreatitis , pancreatitis , pancreas , necrotizing pancreatitis , gastroenterology , pancreatic disease , pathology
Bacterial infection of pancreatic necrosis is thought to be a major determinant of outcome in acute necrotizing pancreatitis. The determinants and possibilities for prophylaxis are unknown and difficult to study in humans.