The purpose of this study is to evaluate if antibiotic therapy is necessary for treatment of uncomplicated colonic diverticulitis. The hypothesis is that Patients with acute uncomplicated colonic diverticulitis will recover the condition without antibiotic therapy and the lack of antibiotic therapy will not lead to complications. The patients will be randomized to conservative treatment with and without antibiotic therapy.
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discharge without complications +/- antibiotic therapy
Timeframe: Within 30 days after discharge