Adjuvant use of antibiotics with corticosteroids in inflammatory bowel disease exacerbations requiring hospitalisation: a retrospective cohort study and meta‐analysis
Gupta V, Rodrigues R, Nguyen D, Sauk J, Khalili H, Yajnik V, Ananthakrishnan AN. Adjuvant use of antibiotics with corticosteroids in inflammatory bowel disease exacerbations requiring hospitalisation: a retrospective cohort study and meta‐analysis. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2015, 43: 52-60. PMID: 26541937, PMCID: PMC4673010, DOI: 10.1111/apt.13454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayMedical rescue therapyInflammatory bowel diseaseRescue therapyIntravenous steroidsInflammatory bowel disease exacerbationLong-term clinical outcomesGreater LOSSurgical rescue therapyRetrospective cohort studyLong-term outcomesAddition of antibioticsOutcomes of interestSignificant long-term benefitAdjuvant antibioticsIBD exacerbationIBD patientsDisease exacerbationClinical improvementCohort studyBowel diseaseUlcerative colitisClinical outcomesCrohn's diseaseAdjuvant use