To study the effect of severe illness on the nature of peritonitis and intra-abdominal
abscesses, the microbiology and clinical course of patients operated on over a 1-year period …

Background: Critically ill surgical patients remain at high risk of adverse outcomes as a
result of intra-abdominal infections, including prolonged length of stay, organ dysfunction …

Background: In patients with intra-abdominal infection, inappropriate initial empiric antibiotic
therapy is associated with greater morbidity. We evaluated the impact of adequate empiric …

Objective The authors review current definition, classification, scoring, microbiology,
inflammatory response, and goals of management of secondary peritonitis. Summary …

Intra-abdominal infection continues to pose a significant threat to critically ill patients in the
year 2000. A review of the current literature reveals that despite remarkable developments in …

Tertiary or recurrent peritonitis can occur after any operation for secondary bacterial
peritonitis. The major risk factors for the development of tertiary peritonitis include …

Intra-abdominal infections are a common cause of nosocomial sepsis and are associated
with a severe morbility, mortality and sanitary economy implications, especially for …

The charts of 25 patients who died in the intensive care unit of persistent peritonitis after
abdominal operations were reviewed to determine the microbial flora and the efficacy of …

Postoperative peritonitis carries a higher risk of complications and mortality than does
community-acquired disease. Little, however, is known about the specific microbiology of …

The terms peritonitis, intra-abdominal infection, and abdominal sepsis are not synonymous,
yet sometimes they are used indistinctly to define similar clinical states. Peritonitis is defined …