2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients
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 surg...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2019-02-01
|
Series: | World Journal of Emergency Surgery |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-019-0228-3 |
id |
doaj-6d2c13b6e5be497199b0d17193b99fa7 |
---|---|
record_format |
Article |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
English |
format |
Article |
sources |
DOAJ |
author |
Massimo Sartelli Stefano Di Bella Lynne V. McFarland Sahil Khanna Luis Furuya-Kanamori Nadir Abuzeid Fikri M. Abu-Zidan Luca Ansaloni Goran Augustin Miklosh Bala Offir Ben-Ishay Walter L. Biffl Stephen M. Brecher Adrián Camacho-Ortiz Miguel A. Caínzos Shirley Chan Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec Jesse Clanton Federico Coccolini Maria E. Cocuz Raul Coimbra Francesco Cortese Yunfeng Cui Jacek Czepiel Zaza Demetrashvili Isidoro Di Carlo Salomone Di Saverio Irina M. Dumitru Christian Eckmann Edward H. Eiland Joseph D. Forrester Gustavo P. Fraga Jean L. Frossard Donald E. Fry Rita Galeiras Wagih Ghnnam Carlos A. Gomes Ewen A. Griffiths Xavier Guirao Mohamed H. Ahmed Torsten Herzog Jae Il Kim Tariq Iqbal Arda Isik Kamal M. F. Itani Francesco M. Labricciosa Yeong Y. Lee Paul Juang Aleksandar Karamarkovic Peter K. Kim Yoram Kluger Ari Leppaniemi Varut Lohsiriwat Gustavo M. Machain Sanjay Marwah John E. Mazuski Gokhan Metan Ernest E. Moore Frederick A. Moore Carlos A. Ordoñez Leonardo Pagani Nicola Petrosillo Francisco Portela Kemal Rasa Miran Rems Boris E. Sakakushev Helmut Segovia-Lohse Gabriele Sganga Vishal G. Shelat Patrizia Spigaglia Pierre Tattevin Cristian Tranà Libor Urbánek Jan Ulrych Pierluigi Viale Gian L. Baiocchi Fausto Catena |
spellingShingle |
Massimo Sartelli Stefano Di Bella Lynne V. McFarland Sahil Khanna Luis Furuya-Kanamori Nadir Abuzeid Fikri M. Abu-Zidan Luca Ansaloni Goran Augustin Miklosh Bala Offir Ben-Ishay Walter L. Biffl Stephen M. Brecher Adrián Camacho-Ortiz Miguel A. Caínzos Shirley Chan Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec Jesse Clanton Federico Coccolini Maria E. Cocuz Raul Coimbra Francesco Cortese Yunfeng Cui Jacek Czepiel Zaza Demetrashvili Isidoro Di Carlo Salomone Di Saverio Irina M. Dumitru Christian Eckmann Edward H. Eiland Joseph D. Forrester Gustavo P. Fraga Jean L. Frossard Donald E. Fry Rita Galeiras Wagih Ghnnam Carlos A. Gomes Ewen A. Griffiths Xavier Guirao Mohamed H. Ahmed Torsten Herzog Jae Il Kim Tariq Iqbal Arda Isik Kamal M. F. Itani Francesco M. Labricciosa Yeong Y. Lee Paul Juang Aleksandar Karamarkovic Peter K. Kim Yoram Kluger Ari Leppaniemi Varut Lohsiriwat Gustavo M. Machain Sanjay Marwah John E. Mazuski Gokhan Metan Ernest E. Moore Frederick A. Moore Carlos A. Ordoñez Leonardo Pagani Nicola Petrosillo Francisco Portela Kemal Rasa Miran Rems Boris E. Sakakushev Helmut Segovia-Lohse Gabriele Sganga Vishal G. Shelat Patrizia Spigaglia Pierre Tattevin Cristian Tranà Libor Urbánek Jan Ulrych Pierluigi Viale Gian L. Baiocchi Fausto Catena 2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients World Journal of Emergency Surgery Clostridioides difficile infection Clostridium difficile infection Pseudomembranous colitis Antimicrobial treatment Fecal microbiota transplantation Infection control |
author_facet |
Massimo Sartelli Stefano Di Bella Lynne V. McFarland Sahil Khanna Luis Furuya-Kanamori Nadir Abuzeid Fikri M. Abu-Zidan Luca Ansaloni Goran Augustin Miklosh Bala Offir Ben-Ishay Walter L. Biffl Stephen M. Brecher Adrián Camacho-Ortiz Miguel A. Caínzos Shirley Chan Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec Jesse Clanton Federico Coccolini Maria E. Cocuz Raul Coimbra Francesco Cortese Yunfeng Cui Jacek Czepiel Zaza Demetrashvili Isidoro Di Carlo Salomone Di Saverio Irina M. Dumitru Christian Eckmann Edward H. Eiland Joseph D. Forrester Gustavo P. Fraga Jean L. Frossard Donald E. Fry Rita Galeiras Wagih Ghnnam Carlos A. Gomes Ewen A. Griffiths Xavier Guirao Mohamed H. Ahmed Torsten Herzog Jae Il Kim Tariq Iqbal Arda Isik Kamal M. F. Itani Francesco M. Labricciosa Yeong Y. Lee Paul Juang Aleksandar Karamarkovic Peter K. Kim Yoram Kluger Ari Leppaniemi Varut Lohsiriwat Gustavo M. Machain Sanjay Marwah John E. Mazuski Gokhan Metan Ernest E. Moore Frederick A. Moore Carlos A. Ordoñez Leonardo Pagani Nicola Petrosillo Francisco Portela Kemal Rasa Miran Rems Boris E. Sakakushev Helmut Segovia-Lohse Gabriele Sganga Vishal G. Shelat Patrizia Spigaglia Pierre Tattevin Cristian Tranà Libor Urbánek Jan Ulrych Pierluigi Viale Gian L. Baiocchi Fausto Catena |
author_sort |
Massimo Sartelli |
title |
2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients |
title_short |
2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients |
title_full |
2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients |
title_fullStr |
2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients |
title_full_unstemmed |
2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients |
title_sort |
2019 update of the wses guidelines for management of clostridioides (clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients |
publisher |
BMC |
series |
World Journal of Emergency Surgery |
issn |
1749-7922 |
publishDate |
2019-02-01 |
description |
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. |
topic |
Clostridioides difficile infection Clostridium difficile infection Pseudomembranous colitis Antimicrobial treatment Fecal microbiota transplantation Infection control |
url |
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-019-0228-3 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT massimosartelli 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT stefanodibella 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT lynnevmcfarland 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT sahilkhanna 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT luisfuruyakanamori 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT nadirabuzeid 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT fikrimabuzidan 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT lucaansaloni 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT goranaugustin 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT mikloshbala 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT offirbenishay 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT walterlbiffl 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT stephenmbrecher 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT adriancamachoortiz 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT miguelacainzos 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT shirleychan 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT jillrcherrybukowiec 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT jesseclanton 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT federicococcolini 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT mariaecocuz 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT raulcoimbra 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT francescocortese 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT yunfengcui 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT jacekczepiel 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT zazademetrashvili 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT isidorodicarlo 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT salomonedisaverio 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT irinamdumitru 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT christianeckmann 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT edwardheiland 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT josephdforrester 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT gustavopfraga 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT jeanlfrossard 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT donaldefry 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT ritagaleiras 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT wagihghnnam 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT carlosagomes 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT ewenagriffiths 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT xavierguirao 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT mohamedhahmed 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT torstenherzog 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT jaeilkim 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT tariqiqbal 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT ardaisik 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT kamalmfitani 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT francescomlabricciosa 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT yeongylee 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT pauljuang 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT aleksandarkaramarkovic 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT peterkkim 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT yoramkluger 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT arileppaniemi 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT varutlohsiriwat 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT gustavommachain 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT sanjaymarwah 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT johnemazuski 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT gokhanmetan 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT ernestemoore 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT frederickamoore 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT carlosaordonez 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT leonardopagani 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT nicolapetrosillo 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT franciscoportela 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT kemalrasa 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT miranrems 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT borisesakakushev 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT helmutsegovialohse 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT gabrielesganga 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT vishalgshelat 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT patriziaspigaglia 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT pierretattevin 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT cristiantrana 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT liborurbanek 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT janulrych 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT pierluigiviale 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT gianlbaiocchi 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients AT faustocatena 2019updateofthewsesguidelinesformanagementofclostridioidesclostridiumdifficileinfectioninsurgicalpatients |
_version_ |
1724435342990245888 |
spelling |
doaj-6d2c13b6e5be497199b0d17193b99fa72020-11-25T04:04:45ZengBMCWorld Journal of Emergency Surgery1749-79222019-02-0114112910.1186/s13017-019-0228-32019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patientsMassimo Sartelli0Stefano Di Bella1Lynne V. McFarland2Sahil Khanna3Luis Furuya-Kanamori4Nadir Abuzeid5Fikri M. Abu-Zidan6Luca Ansaloni7Goran Augustin8Miklosh Bala9Offir Ben-Ishay10Walter L. Biffl11Stephen M. Brecher12Adrián Camacho-Ortiz13Miguel A. Caínzos14Shirley Chan15Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec16Jesse Clanton17Federico Coccolini18Maria E. Cocuz19Raul Coimbra20Francesco Cortese21Yunfeng Cui22Jacek Czepiel23Zaza Demetrashvili24Isidoro Di Carlo25Salomone Di Saverio26Irina M. Dumitru27Christian Eckmann28Edward H. Eiland29Joseph D. Forrester30Gustavo P. Fraga31Jean L. Frossard32Donald E. Fry33Rita Galeiras34Wagih Ghnnam35Carlos A. Gomes36Ewen A. Griffiths37Xavier Guirao38Mohamed H. Ahmed39Torsten Herzog40Jae Il Kim41Tariq Iqbal42Arda Isik43Kamal M. F. Itani44Francesco M. Labricciosa45Yeong Y. Lee46Paul Juang47Aleksandar Karamarkovic48Peter K. Kim49Yoram Kluger50Ari Leppaniemi51Varut Lohsiriwat52Gustavo M. Machain53Sanjay Marwah54John E. Mazuski55Gokhan Metan56Ernest E. Moore57Frederick A. Moore58Carlos A. Ordoñez59Leonardo Pagani60Nicola Petrosillo61Francisco Portela62Kemal Rasa63Miran Rems64Boris E. Sakakushev65Helmut Segovia-Lohse66Gabriele Sganga67Vishal G. Shelat68Patrizia Spigaglia69Pierre Tattevin70Cristian Tranà71Libor Urbánek72Jan Ulrych73Pierluigi Viale74Gian L. Baiocchi75Fausto Catena76Department of Surgery, Macerata HospitalInfectious Diseases Department, Trieste University HospitalMedicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of WashingtonDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo ClinicResearch School of Population Health, Australian National UniversityDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Omdurman Islamic UniversityDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE UniversityDepartment of General Surgery, Bufalini HospitalDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb and School of Medicine, University of ZagrebTrauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical CenterDepartment of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care CampusTrauma and Acute Care Surgery, Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaPathology and Laboratory Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury MA and BU School of MedicineDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Dr. José E. GonzálezDepartment of Surgery, University of Santiago de CompostelaDepartment of General Surgery, Medway Maritime HospitalDepartment of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of MichiganDepartment of Surgery, West Virginia University Charleston DivisionDepartment of General Surgery, Bufalini HospitalFaculty of Medicine, Transilvania University, Infectious Diseases HospitalRiverside University Health System Medical Center and Loma Linda University School of MedicineEmergency Surgery Unit, San Filippo Neri’s HospitalDepartment of Surgery, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Nankai Clinical School of Medicine, Tianjin Medical UniversityDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Jagiellonian University, Medical CollegeDepartment of Surgery, Tbilisi State Medical University, Kipshidze Central University HospitalDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Cannizzaro Hospital, University of CataniaDepartment of Surgery, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustClinical Infectious Diseases Hospital, Ovidius UniversityDepartment of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum Peine, Hospital of Medical University HannoverVital Care, IncDepartment of Surgery, Stanford UniversityDivision of Trauma Surgery, Hospital de Clinicas, School of Medical Sciences, University of CampinasService of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Geneva University HospitalDepartment of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineCritical Care Unit, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas, Universidade da Coruña (UDC)Department of Surgery Mansoura, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura UniversitySurgery Department, Hospital Universitario (HU) Terezinha de Jesus da Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas e da Saude de Juiz de Fora (SUPREMA), Hospital Universitario (HU) Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF)Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth HospitalUnit of Endocrine, Head, and Neck Surgery and Unit of Surgical Infections Support, Department of General Surgery, Parc Taulí, Hospital UniversitariDepartment of Medicine, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustDepartment of Surgery, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University BochumDepartment of Surgery, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of MedicineDepartment of Gastroenterology, Queen Elizabeth HospitalGeneral Surgery Department, Magee Womens Hospital, UPMCDepartment of Surgery, VA Boston Health Care System, Boston University and Harvard Medical SchoolGlobal Alliance for Infections in SurgerySchool of Medical Sciences, University Sains MalaysiaDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, St Louis College of PharmacyFaculty of Mediine University of Belgrade Clinic for Surgery “Nikola Spasic”, University Clinical Center “Zvezdara” BelgradeDepartment of Surgery, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of MedicineDepartment of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care CampusAbdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital MeilahtiDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Universidad Nacional de AsuncionDepartment of Surgery, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of MedicineDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver Health Medical CenterDepartment of Surgery, University of FloridaDepartment of Surgery, Fundación Valle del Lili, Hospital Universitario del Valle, Universidad del ValleInfectious Diseases Unit, Bolzano Central HospitalNational Institute for Infectious Diseases - INMI - Lazzaro Spallanzani IRCCSGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de CoimbraDepartment of Surgery, Anadolu Medical CenterDepartment of Abdominal and General Surgery, General Hospital JeseniceDepartment of Surgery, Medical University of PlovdivDepartment of Surgery, Universidad Nacional de AsuncionDivision of Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCSDepartment of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng HospitalDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di SanitàInfectious Diseases and Intensive Care Unit, Pontchaillou University HospitalDepartment of Surgery, Macerata HospitalFirst Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno and University Hospital of St. Ann BrnoFirst Department of Surgery, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in PragueClinic of Infectious Diseases, St Orsola-Malpighi University HospitalDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of BresciaEmergency Surgery Department, Maggiore Parma HospitalAbstract 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.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-019-0228-3Clostridioides difficile infectionClostridium difficile infectionPseudomembranous colitisAntimicrobial treatmentFecal microbiota transplantationInfection control |