Conditions requiring < 24 hours of antibiotic therapy | |
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Trauma | Non-trauma |
Bowel injuries due to blunt trauma repaired in < 12 hours | Acute stomach and proximal jejunal perforation in the absence of malignancy or acid reducing therapy repaired in < 24 hours |
Bowel injuries due to penetrating trauma repaired in < 12 hours | Intraoperative contamination repaired in < 12 hours |
 | Acute appendicitis/cholecystitis without perforation, abscess or local peritonitis |