title: 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.
abstract: Evidence-based guidelines for managing patients with intra-abdominal infection were prepared by an Expert Panel of the Surgical Infection Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. These updated guidelines replace those previously published in 2002 and 2003. The guidelines are intended for treating patients who either have these infections or may be at risk for them. New information, based on publications from the period 2003-2008, is incorporated into this guideline document. The panel has also added 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert B. Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0558, USA. joseph.solomkin@uc.edu
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Solomkin
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mazuski
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Rodvold
authors.forename: Ellie J C
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Ellen J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: Anthony W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: E Patchen
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Dellinger
authors.forename: Soumitra R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Eachempati
authors.forename: Sherwood
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gorbach
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hilfiker
authors.forename: Addison K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: Avery B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Nathens
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Bartlett
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D019090:Case Management; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*