ARE ANTIBIOTICS NECESSARY IN ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS?
- 1 October 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 2 (16) , 627-630
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb106155.x
Abstract
The value of antibiotics in 302 cases of acute cholecystitis was examined. Antibiotics are valueless in decreasing the incidence of local septic complications, such as empyema or pericholecystic absc...Keywords
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