2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients

• Authors: SARTELLI Massimo; DI BELLA Stefano; MCFARLAND Lynne V.; KHANNA Sahil; FURUYA-KANAMORI Luis; ABUZEID Nadir; ABU-ZIDAN Fikri M.; ANSALONI Luca; AUGUSTIN Goran; BALA Miklosh; BEN-ISHAY Offir; BIFFL Walter L.; BRECHER Stephen M.; CAMACHO-ORTIZ Adrian; CAINZOS Miguel A.; CHAN Shirley; CHERRY-BUKOWIEC Jill R.; CLANTON Jesse; COCCOLINI Federico; COCUZ Maria E.; COIMBRA Raul; CORTESE Francesco; CUI Yunfeng; CZEPIEL Jacek; DEMETRASHVILI Zaza; DI CARLO Isidoro; DI SAVERIO Salomone; DUMITRU Irina M.; ECKMANN Christian; EILAND Edward H.; FORRESTER Joseph D.; FRAGA Gustavo P.; FROSSARD Jean L.; FRY Donald E.; GALEIRAS Rita; GHNNAM Wagih; GOMES Carlos A.; GRIFFITHS Ewen A.; GUIRAO Xavier; AHMED Mohamed H.; HERZOG Torsten; KIM Jae Il.; IQBAL Tariq; ISIK Arda; ITANI Kamal M.F.; LABRICCIOSA Francesco M.; LEE Yeong Y.; JUANG Paul; KARAMARKOVIC Aleksandar; KIM Peter K.; KLUGER Yoram; LEPPANIEMI Ari; LOHSIRIWAT Varut; MACHAIN Gustavo M.; MARWAH Sanjay; MAZUSKI John E.; METAN Gokhan; MOORE Ernest E.; MOORE Frederick A.; ORDONEZ Carlos A.; PAGANI Leonardo; PETROSILLO Nicola; PORTELA Francisco; RASA Keran; REMS Miran; SAKAKUSHEV Boris E.; SEGOVIA-LOHSE Helmut; SGANGA Gabriele; SHELAT Vishal G.; SPIGAGLIA Patrizia; TATTEVIN Pierre; TRANA Cristian; URBÁNEK Libor; ULRYCH Jan; VIALE Pierluigi; BAIOCCHI Gian L.; CATENA Fausto
• Year of publication: 2019
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: WORLD JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY SURGERY
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Web: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13017-019-0228-3
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13017-019-0228-3
• Keywords: Clostridioides difficile infection; Clostridium difficile infection; Pseudomembranous colitis; Antimicrobial treatment; Fecal microbiota transplantation; Infection control; Antimicrobial stewardship
• Description: 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.