Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 816-820 , September 2008

The Impact of Hospital-Acquired Infection on Outcome in Acute Pancreatitis

  • Bechien U. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Center for Pancreatic Disease, Division of Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Bechien Wu, MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Endoscopy Suite, 75 Francis St, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. fax: (617) 566-0338
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  • Richard S. Johannes

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Center for Pancreatic Disease, Division of Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Cardinal Health, Marlborough, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Stephen Kurtz

      Affiliations

    • Cardinal Health, Marlborough, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Peter A. Banks

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Center for Pancreatic Disease, Division of Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 14 January 2008 ,Accepted 21 May 2008.

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 Financial disclosures: none.

PII: S0016-5085(08)00901-3

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.05.053

Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 816-820 , September 2008

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