Antibiotics have no significant advantage for patients with moderate to severe colon ischemia, according to a large retrospective cohort analysis. The study looked at a variety of end points, ranging from recurrence to mortality and across a spectrum of disease severity.
On the basis of this study and in the absence of any evidence of benefit, “clinicians should consider not giving antibiotics to patients with colon ischemia,” said Karthik Gnanapandithan, MD, a gastroenterologist at