Outpatient Antibiotic Use and the Incidence of Acute Appendicitis in Finland: A Nationwide Study from 1990

Outpatient Antibiotic Use and the Incidence of Acute Appendicitis in Finland: A Nationwide Study from 1990–2008

Published:2013-08 Issue:4 Volume:14 Page:352-356
ISSN:1096-2964
Container-title:Surgical Infections
language:en
Short-container-title:Surgical Infections

Author:

Ilves Imre¹,Miettinen Pekka¹,Huovinen Pentti²,Herzig Karl H.³,Alajääski Jennyl⁴,Salminen Paulina⁵,Paajanen Hannu¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Surgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.

2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.

3. Department of Physiology and Biocenter of Oulu, Oulu University, Oulu, Finland, and Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.

4. Division of Surgery, Gastroenterology and Oncology, University Hospital of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.

5. Department of Surgery, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.

Publisher

Mary Ann Liebert Inc

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Surgery

Link

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/sur.2012.069

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