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== Treatment ==
== Treatment ==
The treatment of generalised peritonitis involves supportive therapy, empiric wide-spectrum antibiotics, and treatment of the underlying cause, which almost always requires surgery. Local peritonitis does not invariably require antibiotics, for example when caused by appendicitis.
The treatment of generalised peritonitis involves supportive therapy, empiric wide-spectrum antibiotics, and treatment of the underlying cause, which almost always requires surgery. Local peritonitis does not invariably require antibiotics, for example when caused by appendicitis.
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