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2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients
- Source :
- Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, instname, World Journal of Emergency Surgery, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-29 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.
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Abstract
- In the last three decades, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has increased in incidence and severity in many countries worldwide. The increase in CDI incidence has been particularly apparent among surgical patients. Therefore, prevention of CDI and optimization of management in the surgical patient are paramount. An international multidisciplinary panel of experts from the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) updated its guidelines for management of CDI in surgical patients according to the most recent available literature. The update includes recent changes introduced in the management of this infection SI
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures
Antimicrobial stewardship
Antimicrobial treatment
Clostridioides difficile infection
Clostridium difficile infection
Fecal microbiota transplantation
Infection control
Pseudomembranous colitis
lcsh:Surgery
Guidelines as Topic
030230 surgery
03 medical and health sciences
Postoperative Complications
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Clostridium Infections
Clostridium difficile
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
Humans
Incidence
Infection Control
medicine
Intensive care medicine
Pseudomembranous coliti
Enterocolitis
business.industry
Pseudomembranous
Incidence (epidemiology)
lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
lcsh:RD1-811
lcsh:RC86-88.9
Surgery
Emergency Medicine
3. Good health
Review article
Antimicrobial
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea
business
Surgical patients
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17497922
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- World Journal of Emergency Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4dfb896ca1c89b0726aef562d8007c64