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Pancreatic Infection

MedGen UID:
181755
•Concept ID:
C0948160
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

An infectious process affecting the pancreas. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPancreatic Infection

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Current management of acute pancreatitis.
Mayerle J, Hlouschek V, Lerch MM
Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005 Oct;2(10):473-83. doi: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0293. PMID: 16224479
Acute pancreatitis. Medical management.
Forsmark CE, Toskes PP
Crit Care Clin 1995 Apr;11(2):295-309. PMID: 7788533
Clinical significance and management of pancreatic abscess and infected necrosis complicating acute pancreatitis.
Bittner R
Ann Ital Chir 1995 Mar-Apr;66(2):217-22. PMID: 7668498

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Etiology and mortality in severe acute pancreatitis: A multicenter study in Japan.
Yasuda H, Horibe M, Sanui M, Sasaki M, Suzuki N, Sawano H, Goto T, Ikeura T, Takeda T, Oda T, Ogura Y, Miyazaki D, Kitamura K, Chiba N, Ozaki T, Yamashita T, Koinuma T, Oshima T, Yamamoto T, Hirota M, Sato M, Miyamoto K, Mine T, Misumi T, Takeda Y, Iwasaki E, Kanai T, Mayumi T
Pancreatology 2020 Apr;20(3):307-317. Epub 2020 Mar 6 doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2020.03.001. PMID: 32198057
Acute pancreatitis.
Quinlan JD
Am Fam Physician 2014 Nov 1;90(9):632-9. PMID: 25368923
Intra-abdominal fungal infections complicating acute pancreatitis: a review.
Trikudanathan G, Navaneethan U, Vege SS
Am J Gastroenterol 2011 Jul;106(7):1188-92. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2010.497. PMID: 21731015
Antibiotic therapy for prophylaxis against infection of pancreatic necrosis in acute pancreatitis.
Villatoro E, Mulla M, Larvin M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 May 12;2010(5):CD002941. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002941.pub3. PMID: 20464721Free PMC Article
Acute pancreatitis.
Munsell MA, Buscaglia JM
J Hosp Med 2010 Apr;5(4):241-50. doi: 10.1002/jhm.574. PMID: 20394032

Diagnosis

Acute pancreatitis.
Quinlan JD
Am Fam Physician 2014 Nov 1;90(9):632-9. PMID: 25368923
Intra-abdominal fungal infections complicating acute pancreatitis: a review.
Trikudanathan G, Navaneethan U, Vege SS
Am J Gastroenterol 2011 Jul;106(7):1188-92. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2010.497. PMID: 21731015
Acute pancreatitis.
Munsell MA, Buscaglia JM
J Hosp Med 2010 Apr;5(4):241-50. doi: 10.1002/jhm.574. PMID: 20394032
Septic complications of acute pancreatitis.
Mifkovic A, Pindak D, Daniel I, Pechan J
Bratisl Lek Listy 2006;107(8):296-313. PMID: 17125065
Imaging in pancreatic infection.
Choe KA
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2003;10(6):401-5. doi: 10.1007/s00534-002-0713-y. PMID: 14714158

Therapy

Intra-abdominal fungal infections complicating acute pancreatitis: a review.
Trikudanathan G, Navaneethan U, Vege SS
Am J Gastroenterol 2011 Jul;106(7):1188-92. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2010.497. PMID: 21731015
Antibiotic therapy for prophylaxis against infection of pancreatic necrosis in acute pancreatitis.
Villatoro E, Mulla M, Larvin M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 May 12;2010(5):CD002941. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002941.pub3. PMID: 20464721Free PMC Article
Antibiotic therapy for prophylaxis against infection of pancreatic necrosis in acute pancreatitis.
Villatoro E, Bassi C, Larvin M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006 Oct 18;(4):CD002941. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002941.pub2. PMID: 17054156
Current management of acute pancreatitis.
Mayerle J, Hlouschek V, Lerch MM
Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005 Oct;2(10):473-83. doi: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0293. PMID: 16224479
Antibiotic therapy for prophylaxis against infection of pancreatic necrosis in acute pancreatitis.
Bassi C, Larvin M, Villatoro E
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003;(4):CD002941. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002941. PMID: 14583957

Prognosis

A systematic review of the extra-pancreatic infectious complications in acute pancreatitis.
Brown LA, Hore TA, Phillips AR, Windsor JA, Petrov MS
Pancreatology 2014 Nov-Dec;14(6):436-43. Epub 2014 Oct 7 doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2014.09.010. PMID: 25455539
Acute pancreatitis.
Quinlan JD
Am Fam Physician 2014 Nov 1;90(9):632-9. PMID: 25368923
Intra-abdominal fungal infections complicating acute pancreatitis: a review.
Trikudanathan G, Navaneethan U, Vege SS
Am J Gastroenterol 2011 Jul;106(7):1188-92. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2010.497. PMID: 21731015
Acute pancreatitis.
Munsell MA, Buscaglia JM
J Hosp Med 2010 Apr;5(4):241-50. doi: 10.1002/jhm.574. PMID: 20394032
Current management of acute pancreatitis.
Mayerle J, Hlouschek V, Lerch MM
Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005 Oct;2(10):473-83. doi: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0293. PMID: 16224479

Clinical prediction guides

A systematic review of the extra-pancreatic infectious complications in acute pancreatitis.
Brown LA, Hore TA, Phillips AR, Windsor JA, Petrov MS
Pancreatology 2014 Nov-Dec;14(6):436-43. Epub 2014 Oct 7 doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2014.09.010. PMID: 25455539
Acute pancreatitis.
Quinlan JD
Am Fam Physician 2014 Nov 1;90(9):632-9. PMID: 25368923
Acute pancreatitis.
Munsell MA, Buscaglia JM
J Hosp Med 2010 Apr;5(4):241-50. doi: 10.1002/jhm.574. PMID: 20394032
Predicting development of infected necrosis in acute necrotizing pancreatitis.
Dambrauskas Z, Pundzius J, Barauskas G
Medicina (Kaunas) 2006;42(6):441-9. PMID: 16816537
Current management of acute pancreatitis.
Mayerle J, Hlouschek V, Lerch MM
Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005 Oct;2(10):473-83. doi: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0293. PMID: 16224479

Recent systematic reviews

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of trypsin inhibitors in patients with severe pancreatitis.
Zhang J, Niu L, Yang Y, Hao Y, Feng J
Ann Palliat Med 2021 Jun;10(6):6577-6587. Epub 2021 Jun 16 doi: 10.21037/apm-21-1206. PMID: 34154357
Early prophylactic antibiotics administration for acute necrotizing pancreatitis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Ukai T, Shikata S, Inoue M, Noguchi Y, Igarashi H, Isaji S, Mayumi T, Yoshida M, Takemura YC
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2015 Apr;22(4):316-21. Epub 2015 Feb 9 doi: 10.1002/jhbp.221. PMID: 25678060
A systematic review of the extra-pancreatic infectious complications in acute pancreatitis.
Brown LA, Hore TA, Phillips AR, Windsor JA, Petrov MS
Pancreatology 2014 Nov-Dec;14(6):436-43. Epub 2014 Oct 7 doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2014.09.010. PMID: 25455539
Antibiotic therapy for prophylaxis against infection of pancreatic necrosis in acute pancreatitis.
Villatoro E, Mulla M, Larvin M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 May 12;2010(5):CD002941. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002941.pub3. PMID: 20464721Free PMC Article
Antibiotic therapy for prophylaxis against infection of pancreatic necrosis in acute pancreatitis.
Villatoro E, Bassi C, Larvin M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006 Oct 18;(4):CD002941. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002941.pub2. PMID: 17054156

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