Association of the Bacteria of the Vermiform Appendix and the Peritoneal Cavity with Complicated Acute Appendicitis in Children.

Konstantinos ZachosFevronia KolonitsiouAntonios PanagidisDespoina GkentziSotirios FouzasVasileios AlexopoulosEirini KostopoulouStylianos RoupakiasAggeliki VerveniotiTheodore DassiosGeorge GeorgiouXenophon Sinopidis

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

Polymicrobial presentation and Gram-negative bacteria are associated with complicated appendicitis. Antibiotic regimens should target the combinations of the most frequently identified pathogens, speculating the value of early antipseudomonal intervention.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
young adults
gram negative
antimicrobial resistance
case report
multidrug resistant