Questions about the use of antibiotics in acute pancreatitis

Table 1 Clinical studies comparing the use of antibiotics with placebo

Authors	Treatment	Patients (n)	Infected necrosis (%)	Mortality (%)
Pederzoli et al. [16]	Imipenem	41	12*	7
	Placebo	33	30	12
Sainio et al. [17]	Cefuroxime	30	30	3*
	Placebo	30	40	23
Delcenserie et al. [18]	Ceftazidime + Amicacin + Metronidazole	11	0*	0
	Placebo	12	33	25
Schwarz et al. [19]	Ofloxacin + Metronidazole	13	62	0
	Placebo	13	54	15

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