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Society guideline links: Intra-abdominal infections in

adults

Introduction

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International

● World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES): The management of intra-abdominal infections

from a global perspective – Guidelines for management of intraabdominal infections (2017)

United States

● Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology
(ASM): A guide to utilization of the microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of infectious
diseases, update (2018)

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● Surgical Infection Society (SIS): Revised guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal

infection (2017)

● SIS/IDSA: Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of complicated intra-abdominal

infection in adults and children (ARCHIVED; published 2010)

United Kingdom

● Choosing Wisely UK: British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy – Consider stopping
antibiotics after 4 days for patients with abdominal infection under control after operation
or drain (2016)

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