Society guideline links: Intra-abdominal infections in adults

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Appendicitis in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Appendicitis in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Cholecystitis and other gallbladder disorders".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Abdominal incisions and closure".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Nontraumatic abdominal pain in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Traumatic abdominal and non-genitourinary retroperitoneal injury".)

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)

●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)