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.
Massimo Sartelli, Mark Malangoni, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Ewen Griffiths, Stefano Di Bella, Lynne McFarland, Ian Eltringham, Vishal Shelat, George Velmahos, Ciarán Kelly, Sahil Khanna, Zaid Abdelsattar, Layan Alrahmani, Luca Ansaloni, Goran Augustin, Miklosh Bala, Frédéric Barbut, Offir Ben-Ishay, Aneel Bhangu, Walter Biffl, Stephen Brecher, Adrián Camacho-Ortiz, Miguel Caínzos, Laura Canterbury, Fausto Catena, Shirley Chan, Jill Cherry-Bukowiec, Jesse Clanton, Federico Coccolini, Maria Cocuz, Raul Coimbra, Charles Cook, Yunfeng Cui, Jacek Czepiel, Koray Das, Zaza Demetrashvili, Isidoro Di Carlo, Salomone Di Saverio, Irina Dumitru, Catherine Eckert, Christian Eckmann, Edward Eiland, Mushira Enani, Mario Faro, Paula Ferrada, Joseph Forrester, Gustavo Fraga, Jean Frossard, Rita Galeiras, Wagih Ghnnam, Carlos Gomes, Venkata Gorrepati, Mohamed Ahmed, Torsten Herzog, Felicia Humphrey, Jae Kim, Arda Isik, Rao Ivatury, Yeong Lee, Paul Juang, Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Peter K Kim, Yoram Kluger, Wen Ko, Francis LaBarbera, Jae Lee, Ari Leppaniemi, Varut Lohsiriwat, Sanjay Marwah, John Mazuski, Gokhan Metan, Ernest Moore, Frederick Moore, Carl Nord, Carlos Ordoñez, Gerson Júnior, Nicola Petrosillo, Francisco Portela, Basant Puri, Arnab Ray, Mansoor Raza, Miran Rems, Boris Sakakushev, Gabriele Sganga, Patrizia Spigaglia, David Stewart, Pierre Tattevin, Jean Timsit, Kathleen To, Cristian Tranà, Waldemar Uhl, Libor Urbánek, Harry van Goor, Angela Vassallo, Jean Zahar, Emanuele Caproli, Pierluigi Viale.
WSES guidelines for management of Clostridium difficile infection in surgical patients,
World Journal of Emergency Surgery,
2015, pp. 38, 10, DOI: 10.1186/s13017-015-0033-6