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Is fixed short-course antimicrobial therapy justified for patients who are critically ill with intra-abdominal infections?

A long-course antibiotic therapy increases the risk of antibiotic resistance. A 7- to 14-day duration of therapy has been traditionally adopted in patients with intra-abdominal infections (IAIs). Prophylactic antibiotic use is warranted in uncomplicated IAIs, in which the infection involves a single...

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Autores principales: Takesue, Yoshio, Uchino, Motoi, Ikeuchi, Hiroki, Ueda, Takashi, Nakajima, Kazuhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Society of Coloproctology 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6752122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31559368
http://dx.doi.org/10.23922/jarc.2019-001