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Long-Term Effects of Omitting Antibiotics in Uncomplicated Acute Diverticulitis.
Am J Gastroenterol
July 2018
Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Department of Surgery, Westfries Gasthuis, Hoorn, Netherlands. Medical Centre Alkmaar, Alkmaar, Netherlands. Spaarne Gasthuis, Haarlem and Hoofddorp, Netherlands. Clinical Research Unit, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. OLVG, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Meander Medical Centre, Hoogland, Amersfoort, Netherlands. Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Ziekenhuisgroep Twente Hospital, Almelo, Netherlands.
Background: Traditionally uncomplicated acute diverticulitis was routinely treated with antibiotics, although evidence for this strategy was lacking. Recently, two randomized clinical trials (AVOD trial and DIABOLO trial) published short-term results of omitting antibiotics compared to routine antibiotic treatment. Both showed no significant differences regarding recovery from the initial episode, as well as rates of complicated or recurrent diverticulitis and sigmoid resection.
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