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Pus Samples in Complicated Appendicitis: An Important Investigation or a Waste of Resources: A Prospective Cohort Study

Akinfemi Akingboye, Bronwen Davies, Tony Tien

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery · 2018 · 22 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

Overall, none of the patients with positive cultures had a change in prescribed antibiotics based on culture results. Hence, the routine practice of intra-peritoneal pus sampling following complicated appendicitis remains of little clinical value.

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