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Do you consider use of oral antibiotics for complicated polymicrobial intra-abdominal infections? 

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Do you consider use of oral antibiotics for complicated polymicrobial intra-abdominal infections? 

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Infectious Disease · Christiana Care Health Syst
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Depends on how you're defining "complicated" IAI. Source control is key (I like this review: Source Control and Antibiotics in Intra-Abdominal Infections), especially if there's a fistula or anastomotic leak; but once an abscess is <5cm, if I have oral options that the patient can tolerate/dosed app...

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