Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA).

Sartelli, Massimo; G Weber, Dieter; Ruppé, Etienne; Bassetti, Matteo; J Wright, Brian; Ansaloni, Luca; Catena, Fausto; Coccolini, Federico; M Abu-Zidan, Fikri; Coimbra, Raul; E Moore, Ernest; A Moore, Frederick; V Maier, Ronald; J De Waele, Jan; W Kirkpatrick, Andrew; A Griffiths, Ewen; Eckmann, Christian; J Brink, Adrian; E Mazuski, John; K May, Addison; G Sawyer, Rob; Mertz, Dominik; Montravers, Philippe; Kumar, Anand; A Roberts, Jason; Vincent, Jean-Louis; R Watkins, Richard; Lowman, Warren; Spellberg, Brad; J Abbott, Iain; Kayode Adesunkanmi, Abdulrashid; Al-Dahir, Sara; N Al-Hasan, Majdi; Agresta, Ferdinando; A Althani, Asma; Ansari, Shamshul; Ansumana, Rashid; Augustin, Goran; Bala, Miklosh; J Balogh, Zsolt; Baraket, Oussama; Bhangu, Aneel; A Beltrán, Marcelo; Bernhard, Michael; L Biffl, Walter; A Boermeester, Marja; M Brecher, Stephen; R Cherry-Bukowiec, Jill; R Buyne, Otmar; A Cainzos, Miguel

doi:10.1186/s13017-016-0089-y

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Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA).

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Authors:

Massimo Sartelli

Dieter G Weber

Etienne Ruppé

Abstract

Intra-abdominal infections (IAI) are an important cause of morbidity and are frequently associated with poor prognosis, particularly in high-risk patients. The cornerstones in the management of complicated IAIs are timely effective source control with appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Empiric antim...

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