Prospective randomized trial comparing short-term antibiotic therapy versus standard therapy for acute uncomplicated sigmoid diverticulitis

C Schug-Pass, P Geers, O Hügel, H Lippert… - International journal of …, 2010 - Springer
… Thanks to the development of highly potent, broad-spectrum antibiotics such … treatment of
acute uncomplicated sigmoid diverticulitis can be reduced by using highly effective antibiotics. …

Antibiotics versus no antibiotics for the treatment of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis: review of the evidence and future directions

JM Huston, BS Zuckerbraun, LJ Moore… - Surgical …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
… Further studies should help identify specific subpopulations of patients who would derive
benefit from antibiotic therapy and help define appropriate antibiotic regimens and …

Selective non-antibiotic treatment in sigmoid diverticulitis: is it time to change the traditional approach?

O Estrada Ferrer, N Ruiz Edo, LA Hidalgo Grau… - Techniques in …, 2016 - Springer
treatment (1 g/8 h paracetamol alternating with 50 mg/8 h dexketoprofen) and antibiotic therapy
(… antibiotic therapy protocol for treatment of Gram-negative and anaerobic infections). The …

Sigmoid diverticulitis: a systematic review

AM Morris, SE Regenbogen, KM Hardiman, S Hendren - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
… and the potential for use of anti-inflammatory medication. A head-to-head comparison of
anti-inflammatory treatment using mesalamine vs antibiotic therapy with rifaximin demonstrated …

Efficacy of antimicrobial therapy in patients with uncomplicated acute colonic diverticulitis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

T Seta, H Iwagami, N Agatsuma, A Noma… - European Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
… were found between antimicrobial use and non-use in the need for … antimicrobial therapy
is safe and effective when compared to the conventional standard of care, antimicrobial therapy

[HTML][HTML] Update on the management of sigmoid diverticulitis

MH Hanna, AM Kaiser - World journal of gastroenterology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
antibiotic stewardship in clinical practice, there has been a recent push against the standard
antibiotic treatment of … to confirm the safety of avoiding antibiotic therapy in diverticulitis[85]. …

Antibiotics versus no antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated sigmoid diverticulitis: a meta-analysis

WJM Añoso, OO Ocampo - Health Sciences Journal, 2018 - ejournals.ph
… the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy versus no antibiotic therapy in the … antibiotics may
be an acceptable treatment option for patients with acute uncomplicated sigmoid diverticulitis. …

Acute diverticulitis: Key features for guiding clinical management

MD Sugi, DC Sun, CO Menias, V Prabhu… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
… is also present and the etiology of the pericolic inflammation is unclear, providing a differential
diagnosis allows the clinician to make a decision on the necessity for antibiotic therapy

Acute Colonic Diverticulitis

SA Gunby, LL Strate - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2024 - acpjournals.org
… If improvement does not occur in 2 to 3 days, antibiotic treatment can be initiated. Antibiotics
remain first-line therapy for patients with complicated diverticulitis and those with severe …

Nonoperative treatment of diverticulitis

M Symer, HL Yeo - Advances in Surgery, 2021 - advancessurgery.com
use of antibiotics in select patients. Prospective and randomized studies have demonstrated
that oral antibiotics are equivalent to parenteral antibiotics in uncomplicated diverticulitis [ …