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This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Assessing the efficacy and safety of eravacycline vs ertapenem in complicated intra-abdominal infections in the Investigating Gram-Negative Infections Treated with Eravacycline (IGNITE 1) trial. A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Surg 2017; 152: 224-232.

Published: 14th June 2017

Authors: Solomkin J, Evans D , Slepavicius A, Lee P, Marsh A, Tsai L et al.

Conclusion

Both treatments were effective in this study that included 541 patients: clinical cure rates were 86.8 per cent with eravacycline and 87.6 per cent with ertapenem.

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