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Antibiotics as First-Line Therapy for Acute Appendicitis: Evidence for a Change in Clinical Practice

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  1. General and Emergency Surgery Department, Ospedali Riuniti, Largo Barozzi 1, 24128, Bergamo, Italy

    Federico Coccolini, Michele Pisano, Stefano Magnone, Nicola Colaianni, Luca Campanati & Luca Ansaloni

  2. General and Emergency Surgery Department, Ospedale Maggiore, Parma, Italy

    Fausto Catena

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Coccolini, F., Pisano, M., Magnone, S. et al. Antibiotics as First-Line Therapy for Acute Appendicitis: Evidence for a Change in Clinical Practice. World J Surg 36, 2952–2953 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-012-1738-2

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