Sartelli, Massimo; Malangoni, Mark A.; Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.; Griffiths, Ewen A.; Di Bella, Stefano; McFarland, Lynne V.; Eltringham, Ian; Shelat, Vishal G.; Velmahos, George C.; Kelly, Ciaran P.; Khanna, Sahil; Abdelsattar, Zaid M.; Alrahmani, Layan; Ansaloni, Luca; Augustin, Goran; Bala, Miklosh; Barbut, Frederic; Ben-Ishay, Offir; Bhangu, Aneel; Biffl, Walter L.; Brecher, Stephen M.; Camacho-Ortiz, Adrian; Cainzos, Miguel A.; Canterbury, Laura A.; Catena, Fausto; Chan, Shirley; Cherry-Bukowiec, Jill R.; Clanton, Jesse; Coccolini, Federico; Cocuz, Maria Elena; Coimbra, Raul; Cook, Charles H.; Cui, Yunfeng; Czepiel, Jacek; Das, Koray; Demetrashvili, Zaza; Di Carlo, Isidoro; Di Saverio, Salomone; Dumitru, Irina Magdalena; Eckert, Catherine; Eckmann, Christian; Eiland, Edward H.; Enani, Mushira Abdulaziz; Faro, Mario; Ferrada, Paula; Forrester, Joseph Derek; Fraga, Gustavo P.; Frossard, Jean Louis; Galeiras, Rita; Ghnnam, Wagih; Gomes, Carlos Augusto; Gorrepati, Venkata; Ahmed, Mohamed Hassan; Herzog, Torsten; Humphrey, Felicia; Kim, Jae Il; Isik, Arda; Ivatury, Rao; Lee, Yeong Yeh; Juang, Paul; Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Karamarkovic, Aleksandar; Kim, Peter K.; Kluger, Yoram; Ko, Wen Chien; LaBarbera, Francis D.; Lee, Jae Gil; Leppaniemi, Ari; Lohsiriwat, Varut; Marwah, Sanjay; Mazuski, John E.; Metan, Gokhan; Moore, Ernest E.; Moore, Frederick Alan; Nord, Carl Erik; Ordonez, Carlos A.; Pereira Junior, Gerson Alves; Petrosillo, Nicola; Portela, Francisco; Puri, Basant K.; Ray, Arnab; Raza, Mansoor; Rems, Miran; Sakakushev, Boris E.; Sganga, Gabriele; Spigaglia, Patrizia; Stewart, David B.; Tattevin, Pierre; Timsit, Jean Francois; To, Kathleen B.; Trana, Cristian; Uhl, Waldemar; Urbanek, Libor; van Goor, Harry; Vassallo, Angela; Zahar, Jean Ralph; Caproli, Emanuele; Viale, Pierluigi
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.
