WSES guidelines for management of Clostridium difficile infection in surgical patients
Massimo Sartelli
,
Mark A. Malangoni
,
Fikri M. Abu-Zidan
,
Ewen A. Griffiths
,
Stefano Di Bella
,
Lynne V. Mcfarland
,
Ian Eltringham
,
Vishal G. Shelat
,
George C. Velmahos
,
Ciarán P. Kelly
,
Sahil Khanna
,
Zaid M. Abdelsattar
,
Layan Alrahmani
,
Luca Ansaloni
,
Goran Augustin
,
Miklosh Bala
,
Frédéric Barbut
,
Offir Ben-Ishay
,
Aneel Bhangu
,
Walter L. Biffl
,
Stephen M. Brecher
,
Adrián Camacho-Ortiz
,
Miguel A. Caínzos
,
Laura A. Canterbury
,
Fausto Catena
,
Shirley Chan
,
Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec
,
Jesse Clanton
,
Federico Coccolini
,
Maria Elena Cocuz
,
Raul Coimbra
,
Charles H. Cook
,
Yunfeng Cui
,
Jacek Czepiel
,
Koray Das
,
Zaza Demetrashvili
,
Isidoro Di Carlo
,
Salomone Di Saverio
,
Irina Magdalena Dumitru
,
Catherine Eckert
(1)
,
Christian Eckmann
,
Edward H. Eiland
,
Mushira Abdulaziz Enani
,
Mario Faro
,
Paula Ferrada
,
Joseph Derek Forrester
,
Gustavo P. Fraga
,
Jean Louis Frossard
,
Rita Galeiras
,
Wagih Ghnnam
,
Carlos Augusto Gomes
,
Venkata Gorrepati
,
Mohamed Hassan Ahmed
,
Torsten Herzog
,
Felicia Humphrey
,
Jae Il Kim
,
Arda Isik
,
Rao Ivatury
,
Yeong Yeh Lee
,
Paul Juang
,
Luis Furuya-Kanamori
,
Aleksandar Karamarkovic
,
Peter K. Kim
,
Yoram Kluger
,
Wen Chien Ko
,
Francis D. Labarbera
,
Jae Gil Lee
,
Ari Leppaniemi
,
Varut Lohsiriwat
,
Sanjay Marwah
,
John E. Mazuski
,
Gokhan Metan
,
Ernest E. Moore
,
Frederick Alan Moore
,
Carl Erik Nord
,
Carlos A. Ordoñez
,
Gerson Alves Pereira Júnior
,
Nicola Petrosillo
,
Francisco Portela
,
Basant K. Puri
,
Arnab Ray
,
Mansoor Raza
,
Miran Rems
,
Boris E. Sakakushev
,
Gabriele Sganga
,
Patrizia Spigaglia
,
David B. Stewart
,
Pierre Tattevin
(2, 3)
,
Jean François Timsit
(4)
,
Kathleen B. To
,
Cristian Tranà
,
Waldemar Uhl
,
Libor Urbánek
,
Harry Van Goor
,
Angela Vassallo
,
Jean Ralph Zahar
(5)
,
Emanuele Caproli
,
Pierluigi Viale
(6)
1
CRC (UMR_S 872) -
Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers
2 Service des maladies infectieuses
3 Fonction, structure et inactivation d'ARN bactériens
4 Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard
5 CHU Angers - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers
6 Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Nephrologic Diseases, Section of Infectious Diseases, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital
2 Service des maladies infectieuses
3 Fonction, structure et inactivation d'ARN bactériens
4 Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard
5 CHU Angers - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers
6 Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Nephrologic Diseases, Section of Infectious Diseases, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital
Massimo Sartelli
- Function : Author
Mark A. Malangoni
- Function : Author
Fikri M. Abu-Zidan
- Function : Author
Ewen A. Griffiths
- Function : Author
Stefano Di Bella
- Function : Author
Lynne V. Mcfarland
- Function : Author
Ian Eltringham
- Function : Author
Vishal G. Shelat
- Function : Author
George C. Velmahos
- Function : Author
Ciarán P. Kelly
- Function : Author
Sahil Khanna
- Function : Author
Zaid M. Abdelsattar
- Function : Author
Layan Alrahmani
- Function : Author
Luca Ansaloni
- Function : Author
Goran Augustin
- Function : Author
Miklosh Bala
- Function : Author
Frédéric Barbut
- Function : Author
Offir Ben-Ishay
- Function : Author
Aneel Bhangu
- Function : Author
Walter L. Biffl
- Function : Author
Stephen M. Brecher
- Function : Author
Adrián Camacho-Ortiz
- Function : Author
Miguel A. Caínzos
- Function : Author
Laura A. Canterbury
- Function : Author
Fausto Catena
- Function : Author
Shirley Chan
- Function : Author
Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec
- Function : Author
Jesse Clanton
- Function : Author
Federico Coccolini
- Function : Author
Maria Elena Cocuz
- Function : Author
Raul Coimbra
- Function : Author
Charles H. Cook
- Function : Author
Yunfeng Cui
- Function : Author
Jacek Czepiel
- Function : Author
Koray Das
- Function : Author
Zaza Demetrashvili
- Function : Author
Isidoro Di Carlo
- Function : Author
Salomone Di Saverio
- Function : Author
Irina Magdalena Dumitru
- Function : Author
Christian Eckmann
- Function : Author
Edward H. Eiland
- Function : Author
Mushira Abdulaziz Enani
- Function : Author
Mario Faro
- Function : Author
Paula Ferrada
- Function : Author
Joseph Derek Forrester
- Function : Author
Gustavo P. Fraga
- Function : Author
Jean Louis Frossard
- Function : Author
Rita Galeiras
- Function : Author
Wagih Ghnnam
- Function : Author
Carlos Augusto Gomes
- Function : Author
Venkata Gorrepati
- Function : Author
Mohamed Hassan Ahmed
- Function : Author
Torsten Herzog
- Function : Author
Felicia Humphrey
- Function : Author
Jae Il Kim
- Function : Author
Arda Isik
- Function : Author
Rao Ivatury
- Function : Author
Yeong Yeh Lee
- Function : Author
Paul Juang
- Function : Author
Luis Furuya-Kanamori
- Function : Author
Aleksandar Karamarkovic
- Function : Author
Peter K. Kim
- Function : Author
Yoram Kluger
- Function : Author
Wen Chien Ko
- Function : Author
Francis D. Labarbera
- Function : Author
Jae Gil Lee
- Function : Author
Ari Leppaniemi
- Function : Author
Varut Lohsiriwat
- Function : Author
Sanjay Marwah
- Function : Author
John E. Mazuski
- Function : Author
Gokhan Metan
- Function : Author
Ernest E. Moore
- Function : Author
Frederick Alan Moore
- Function : Author
Carl Erik Nord
- Function : Author
Carlos A. Ordoñez
- Function : Author
Gerson Alves Pereira Júnior
- Function : Author
Nicola Petrosillo
- Function : Author
Francisco Portela
- Function : Author
Basant K. Puri
- Function : Author
Arnab Ray
- Function : Author
Mansoor Raza
- Function : Author
Miran Rems
- Function : Author
Boris E. Sakakushev
- Function : Author
Gabriele Sganga
- Function : Author
Patrizia Spigaglia
- Function : Author
David B. Stewart
- Function : Author
Pierre Tattevin
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 756765
- ORCID : 0000-0003-3617-5411
- IdRef : 057598207
Kathleen B. To
- Function : Author
Cristian Tranà
- Function : Author
Waldemar Uhl
- Function : Author
Libor Urbánek
- Function : Author
Harry Van Goor
- Function : Author
Angela Vassallo
- Function : Author
Emanuele Caproli
- Function : Author
Abstract
In the last two decades there have been dramatic changes in the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), with increases in incidence and severity of disease in many countries worldwide. The incidence of CDI has also increased in surgical patients. Optimization of management of C difficile, has therefore become increasingly urgent. An international multidisciplinary panel of experts prepared evidenced-based World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) guidelines for management of CDI in surgical patients