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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Emergence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Cases of Peritonitis After Intraabdominal Surgery Affects the Efficacy of Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy
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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.