Narrow- versus Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics for Simple Acute Appendicitis Treated by Appendectomy: A Post Hoc Analysis of EAST MUSTANG Study.

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We sought to compare the effectiveness of narrow- versus broad-spectrum antibiotics (abx) in preventing infectious complications in adults with acute appendicitis treated with appendectomy.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Surg Res

Title: The Journal of surgical research

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1095-8673

ISSN (Print): 0022-4804

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2020

Volume: 254

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[1 ] DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, Florida. Electronic address: sinong.qian@gmail.com.

[2 ] DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.

[3 ] Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

[4 ] Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

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Publisher Item ID: S0022-4804(19)30194-5

DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.04.007

PubMed ID: 32474194

SO-VID: b1f6ea7a-1102-456b-a909-3352211e3215

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Keywords: appendectomy,antibiotics,surgical site infection,narrow-spectrum antibiotics,broad-antibiotics,appendicitis

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Keywords: appendectomy, antibiotics, surgical site infection, narrow-spectrum antibiotics, broad-antibiotics, appendicitis

Narrow- versus Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics for Simple Acute Appendicitis Treated by Appendectomy: A Post Hoc Analysis of EAST MUSTANG Study.

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