WSES guidelines for management of Clostridium difficile infection in surgical patients

Authors

Massimo Sartelli, Macerata Hospital
Mark A. Malangoni, American Board of Surgery
Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, UAE University
Ewen A. Griffiths, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Stefano Di Bella, National Institute for Infectious Diseases L. Spallanzani
Lynne V. McFarland, University of Washington
Ian Eltringham, King’s College Hospital
Vishal G. Shelat, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
George C. Velmahos, Harvard Medical School
Ciarán P. Kelly, Harvard Medical School
Sahil Khanna, Mayo Clinic
Zaid M. Abdelsattar, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Layan Alrahmani, Wayne State University
Luca Ansaloni, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital
Goran Augustin, University of Zagreb
Miklosh Bala, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
Frédéric Barbut, National Reference Laboratory for Clostridium difficile Groupe Hospitalier de l’Est Parisien
Offir Ben-Ishay, Rambam Health Care Campus
Aneel Bhangu, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Walter L. Biffl, University of Colorado Denver
Stephen M. Brecher, West Roxbury MA and BU School of Medicine
Adrián Camacho-Ortiz, University Hospital, Dr.José E. González
Miguel A. Caínzos, University of Santiago de Compostela
Laura A. Canterbury, University of Alberta Edmonton
Fausto Catena, Maggiore Parma Hospital
Shirley Chan, Medway Maritime Hospital
Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Jesse Clanton, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Federico Coccolini, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital
Maria Elena Cocuz, Transilvania University
Raul Coimbra, University of California - San Diego
Charles H. Cook, Harvard Medical School
Yunfeng Cui, Tianjin Medical University
Jacek Czepiel, Jagiellonian University
Koray Das, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital
Zaza Demetrashvili, Tbilisi State Medical University
Isidoro Di Carlo, Hamad General Hospital
Salomone Di Saverio, Maggiore Hospital
Irina Magdalena Dumitru, Ovidius University
Catherine Eckert, Saint-Antoine Hospital
Christian Eckmann, Hospital of Medical University Hannover
Edward H. Eiland, Vital Care, Inc.
Mushira Abdulaziz Enani, King Fahad Medical City
Mario Faro, ABC Medical School
Paula Ferrada, Virginia Commonwealth University
Joseph Derek Forrester, Stanford University
Gustavo P. Fraga, University of Campinas
Jean Louis Frossard, Geneva University Hospital
Rita Galeiras, Universidade da Coruña
Wagih Ghnnam, Mansoura University
Carlos Augusto Gomes, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Venkata Gorrepati, Pinnacle Health Hospital
Mohamed Hassan Ahmed, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Torsten Herzog, Ruhr University Bochum
Felicia Humphrey, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Jae Il Kim, Inje University College of Medicine
Arda Isik, Erzincan University Mengücek Gazi Training and Research Hospital
Rao Ivatury, Virginia Commonwealth University
Yeong Yeh Lee, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Paul Juang, St Louis College of Pharmacy
Luis Furuya-Kanamori, The Australian National University
Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade
Peter K. Kim, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Yoram Kluger, Rambam Health Care Campus
Wen Chien Ko, National Cheng Kung University Hospital
Francis D. LaBarbera, Pinnacle Health Hospital
Jae Gil Lee, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Ari Leppaniemi, Helsinki University Hospital Meilahti
Varut Lohsiriwat, Mahidol University
Sanjay Marwah, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
John E. Mazuski, Washington University School of Medicine
Gokhan Metan, Hacettepe University
Ernest E. Moore, University of Colorado
Frederick Alan Moore, University of Florida
Carl Erik Nord, Karolinska University Hospital
Carlos A. Ordoñez, Universidad del Valle
Gerson Alves Pereira Júnior, Department of Surgery, Ribeirão Preto
Nicola Petrosillo, National Institute for Infectious Diseases L. Spallanzani
Francisco Portella, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
Basant K. Puri, Hammersmith Hospital and Imperial College London
Arnab Ray, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Mansoor Raza, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Miran Rems, General Hospital Jesenice
Boris E. Sakakushev, Medical University of Plovdiv
Gabriele Sganga, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Patrizia Spigaglia, Istituto Superiore di Sanità
David B. Stewart, The Pennsylvania State University
Pierre Tattevin, Pontchaillou University Hospital
Jean Francois Timsit, AP-HP Bichat Hospital
Kathleen B. To, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Cristian Tranà, Macerata hospital
Waldemar Uhl, Ruhr University Bochum
Libor Urbánek, University Hospital of St. Ann Brno
Harry van Goor, Radboud University Medical Center
Angela Vassallo, Providence Saint John’s Health Center
Jean Ralph Zahar, Angers University
Emanuele Caproli, Ancona University Hospital
Pierluigi Viale, St Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital

Document Type

Article

Original Publication Date

2015

Journal/Book/Conference Title

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volume

10

Issue

38

DOI of Original Publication

10.1186/s13017-015-0033-6

Comments

Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13017-015-0033-6

Date of Submission

November 2015

Abstract

In the last two decades there have been dramatic changes in the epidemiology of Clostridium difficileinfection (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.

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