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Conservative treatment of acute colonic diverticulitis: Are antibiotics always mandatory?

Fredrik Hjern, T. Josephson, Daniel Altman, Bo Holmström, Anders Mellgren, Johan Pollack, Claes Johansson

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology · 2006 · 160 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

Our results indicate that antibiotics are not mandatory in mild AD. Treatment without antibiotics appears to be safe and seems not to change the rate of further events. These results warrant further randomized prospective studies.

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