Guidelines for the Selection of Anti-infective Agents for Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections
Joseph S. Solomkin,John E. Mazuski,Ellen Jo Baron,Robert G. Sawyer,Avery B. Nathens,Joseph T. DiPiro,Joseph T. DiPiro,Timothy G. Buchman,E. Patchen Dellinger,John A. Jernigan,Sherwood L. Gorbach,Anthony W. Chow,John G. Bartlett +12 more
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This work presents a meta-analysis of 125 cases of Clostridium difficile infection in mice over a 12-month period and shows clear patterns of disease progression that are consistent with tick-borne disease and suggest fungal infection.Abstract:
Joseph S. Solomkin, John E. Mazuski, Ellen J. Baron, Robert G. Sawyer, Avery B. Nathens, Joseph T. DiPiro, Timothy Buchman, E. Patchen Dellinger, John Jernigan, Sherwood Gorbach, Anthony W. Chow, and John Bartlett Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Microbiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California; Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle; University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; and Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadaread more
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Diagnosis and Management of Complicated Intra-abdominal Infection in Adults and Children: Guidelines by the Surgical Infection Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Joseph S. Solomkin,John E. Mazuski,John S. Bradley,Keith A. Rodvold,Ellie J.C. Goldstein,Ellen Jo Baron,Patrick J. O'Neill,Anthony W. Chow,E. Patchen Dellinger,Soumitra R. Eachempati,Sherwood L. Gorbach,Mary Hilfiker,Addison K. May,Avery B. Nathens,Robert G. Sawyer,John G. Bartlett +15 more
TL;DR: These updated guidelines replace those previously published in 2002 and 2003 and add recommendations for managing intra-abdominal infection in children, particularly where such management differs from that of adults; for appendicitis in patients of all ages; and for necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates.
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Emergence of Fluoroquinolones as the Predominant Risk Factor for Clostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea: A Cohort Study during an Epidemic in Quebec
Jacques Pépin,Nathalie Saheb,Marie-Andrée Coulombe,Marie-Eve Alary,Marie-Pier Corriveau,Simon Authier,Michel Leblanc,Geneviève Rivard,Mathieu Bettez,Valérie Primeau,Martin Nguyen,Claude-Émilie Jacob,Luc Lanthier +12 more
TL;DR: Administration of fluoroquinolones emerged as the most important risk factor for CDAD in Quebec during an epidemic caused by a hypervirulent strain of C. difficile.
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The international sepsis forum consensus conference on definitions of infection in the intensive care unit.
Thierry Calandra,Jonathan Cohen +1 more
TL;DR: Consensus definitions of infection were developed for the six most frequent causes of infections in septic patients: pneumonia, bloodstream infections (including infective endocarditis), intravascular catheter-related sepsis, intra-abdominal infections, urosepsi, and surgical wound infections.
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Diagnosis and management of complicated intra-abdominal infection in adults and children: guidelines by the Surgical Infection Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Joseph S. Solomkin,John E. Mazuski,John S. Bradley,Keith A. Rodvold,Ellie J.C. Goldstein,Ellen Jo Baron,Patrick J. O'Neill,Anthony W. Chow,E. Patchen Dellinger,Soumitra R. Eachempati,Sherwood L. Gorbach,Mary Hilfiker,Addison K. May,Avery B. Nathens,Robert G. Sawyer,John G. Bartlett +15 more
TL;DR: These updated guidelines replace those previously published in 2002 and 2003 and add recommendations for managing intra-abdominal infection in children, particularly where such management differs from that of adults; for appendicitis in patients of all ages; and for necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates.
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A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2013 Recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)a
Ellen Jo Baron,J. Michael Miller,Melvin P. Weinstein,Sandra S. Richter,Peter H. Gilligan,Richard B. Thomson,Paul P. Bourbeau,Karen C. Carroll,Sue C. Kehl,W. Michael Dunne,W. Michael Dunne,Barbara Robinson-Dunn,Joseph D. Schwartzman,Kimberle C. Chapin,James W. Snyder,Betty A. Forbes,Robin Patel,Jon E. Rosenblatt,Bobbi S. Pritt +18 more
TL;DR: This document, developed by both laboratory and clinical experts, provides information on which tests are valuable and in which contexts, and on tests that add little or no value for diagnostic decisions.
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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and Infectious Diseases Society of America Joint Committee on the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance: Guidelines for the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals
David M. Shlaes,Dale N. Gerding,Joseph F. John,William A. Craig,Donald L. Bornstein,Robert A. Duncan,Mark R. Eckman,William E. Farrer,William H. Greene,Victor Lorian,Stuart B. Levy,John E. McGowan,Sindy M. Paul,Joel Ruskin,Fred C. Tenover,Chatrchai Watanakunakorn +15 more
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Emergence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Cases of Peritonitis After Intraabdominal Surgery Affects the Efficacy of Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy
Philippe Montravers,Rémy Gauzit,Claudette Muller,Jean-Pierre Marmuse,A. Fichelle,J. M. Desmonts +5 more
TL;DR: The outcome of postoperative peritonitis is affected by the choice and adequacy of the initial empirical antibiotic therapy, and late changes in antibiotic therapy based on culture results did not affect outcome when the initial regimen was inadequate.
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Guide to development of practice guidelines.
TL;DR: A commonly accepted definition of a clinical practice guideline is "a systematically developed statement to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances" as mentioned in this paper, which is not to create standards of care; however, other organizations may choose to adopt these guidelines or components thereof for such purposes.
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Antibiotic treatment for surgical peritonitis.
Dale M. Mosdell,Don M. Morris,Anna Voltura,David E. Pitcher,Melvin W. Twiest,Robert L. Milne,Brian G. Miscall,Donald E. Fry +7 more
TL;DR: Patients treated with a single broad-spectrum antibiotic had a better outcome than patients treated with multiple drug treatment and inadequate empiric antibiotic treatment was associated with poorer outcome than any other type of treatment.
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Guidelines for clinical care: anti-infective agents for intra-abdominal infection. A Surgical Infection Society policy statement.
TL;DR: Guidelines have been developed for selection of antibiotic therapy for intra-abdominal infections and are presented as a statement of the Surgical Infection Society endorsed by the Executive Council.