The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 2 , Pages 141-143, February 2008

Postoperative antibiotic therapy for children with perforated appendicitis: long course of intravenous antibiotics versus early conversion to an oral regimen

Department of General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Received 18 May 2007; received in revised form 15 October 2007 published online 10 December 2007.

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PII: S0002-9610(07)00882-3

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.10.002

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 2 , Pages 141-143, February 2008

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