Figure 2From: Prophylactic antibiotic treatment is superior to therapy on-demand in experimental necrotising pancreatitisBacterial superinfection at 24 hours. Meropenem given prophylactically reduced bacterial infection of blood, ascites, pancreas, and lymph nodes of the small bowel (LN Sm.bo.) and colon (LN Colon) 24 hours after induction of acute pancreatitis (*p = 0.015).Back to article page