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You have to be pretty specific with antibiotics for a burst appy... you would use something different for other causes of infection, and it is hard to make a field diagnosis on what the cause of your abdominal pain is. Even with training it is hard to make a definitive diagnosis - and unfortunately there really isn't a good "broad spectrum" antibiotic that can be used to treat all causes of peritonitis.


Thanks for clarifying, MNS. I should know better, I even know in my head that abdominal pain is one of the more annoying problems to diagnose.
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- John