Peritonitis medical therapy

Overview
Depending on the severity of the patient's state, the management of peritonitis may include:


 * General supportive measures such as vigorous intravenous rehydration and correction of electrolyte disturbances.
 * Antibiotics are usually administered intravenously, but they may also be infused directly into the peritoneum. The empiric choice of broad-spectrum antibiotics often consist of multiple drugs, and should be targeted against the most likely agents, depending on the cause of peritonitis (see above); once one or more agents are actually isolated, therapy will of course be targeted on them.