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Trial reportMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2026

Comparison of Two Antibiotic Combinations for Conservative Treatment of Non-Complicated Appendicitis in Children.

Mohit Kakar, Georgijs Kulibaba, Zahraa Merchant, Astra Zviedre, Timurs Zurmutai, Lasma Asare, Peteris Tretjakovs, Arnis Engelis, Aigars Petersons

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Trial report in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Mohit KakarDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Clinical University Hospital, Vienibas Gatve, 45, LV-1004 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0001-5765-8207
Georgijs KulibabaFaculty of Medicine, Riga Stradins University, Dzirciema Iela, 16, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0009-0006-5784-8493
Zahraa MerchantFaculty of Medicine, Riga Stradins University, Dzirciema Iela, 16, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0009-0003-5809-007X
Astra ZviedreDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Riga Stradins University, Dzirciema Iela, 16, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.
Timurs ZurmutaiDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Clinical University Hospital, Vienibas Gatve, 45, LV-1004 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0003-4115-4340
Lasma AsareStatistics Unit, Riga Stradins University, Balozu Iela 14 A, LV-1046 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-9108-5753
Peteris TretjakovsDepartment of Human Physiology and Biochemistry, Riga Stradins University, Dzirciema Iela, 16, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0001-9446-0558
Arnis EngelisDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Clinical University Hospital, Vienibas Gatve, 45, LV-1004 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-8749-751X
Aigars PetersonsDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Riga Stradins University, Dzirciema Iela, 16, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsAppendicitisConservative TreatmentAdolescentAmpicillinChemokine CCL2ChildC-Reactive ProteinDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansInterleukin-6Interleukin-8MaleMetronidazoleTreatment OutcomeAmpicillinAnti-Bacterial AgentsChemokine CCL2C-Reactive ProteinInterleukin-6Interleukin-8Metronidazoleantibioticsappendicitischildrenconservative treatmentIL6IL8inflammationMCP1

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PMID42512941
PMCPMC13414357

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