Peritonitis is a serious and common infection. Its pathogenesis and microbiology have been
well defined. Such risk factors as age, site of infection, physiologic response of the patient …

Despite advances in antimicrobial and surgical therapies, severe peritonitis remains a
potentially fatal disease. Furthermore, infections due to spontaneous gastrointestinal …

Management of secondary peritonitis Page 1 Ann. Ital. Chir., 79, 4, 2008 255 Management of
secondary peritonitis Our experience Ann. Ital. Chir., 2008; 79: 255-260 Andrea Cavallaro, Vito …

Intraabdominal infections are commonly encountered in clinical practice and represent a
major cause of morbidity and mortality. The most common etiology is contamination of the …

Purpose The management of peritonitis in critically ill patients is becoming increasingly
complex due to their changing characteristics and the growing prevalence of multidrug …

Antibiotherapy is a fundamental for the treatment of peritonitis. It may be used before surgery
or as a complementary treatment after. Experimental models have demonstrated that …

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

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 …

Established peritoneal infection is polymicrobial with a predominance of Escherichia coli
and Bacteroides fragilis. During the 1990s, a change in the spectrum of microorganisms has …

Peritonitis is defined as the inflammation of the peritoneum or of a part thereof, which may
not necessarily be due to infection. Authors review the classifications proposed in the light of …