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Although both antibiotics penetrate into the necrotic tissue in sufficient therapeutic concentrations, penetration of meropenem is much better than cefepime. However, good tissue penetration may not solely indicate efficacy of that antibiotic. Therefore, further experimental and clinical studies are needed to determine the therapeutic and prognostic efficacy of these agents.

Treatment with SMT appears to have ameliorated the course of acute pancreatitis; however, mortality was not affected.

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