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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Antimicrobials: A global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA)
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, Volume 11, No. 1, Article 33, Year 2016
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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 antimicrobial therapy is important in the management of intra-abdominal infections and must be broad enough to cover all likely organisms because inappropriate initial antimicrobial therapy is associated with poor patient outcomes and the development of bacterial resistance. The overuse of antimicrobials is widely accepted as a major driver of some emerging infections (such as C. difficile), the selection of resistant pathogens in individual patients, and for the continued development of antimicrobial resistance globally. The growing emergence of multi-drug resistant organisms and the limited development of new agents available to counteract them have caused an impending crisis with alarming implications, especially with regards to Gram-negative bacteria. An international task force from 79 different countries has joined this project by sharing a document on the rational use of antimicrobials for patients with IAIs. The project has been termed AGORA (Antimicrobials: A Global Alliance for Optimizing their Rational Use in Intra-Abdominal Infections). The authors hope that AGORA, involving many of the world's leading experts, can actively raise awareness in health workers and can improve prescribing behavior in treating IAIs. © 2016 The Author(s).
Authors & Co-Authors
Sartelli, Massimo
Italy, Macerata
Macerata Hospital
Weber, Dieter G.
Australia, Perth
Royal Perth Hospital
Ruppé, Etienne
Switzerland, Geneva
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
Bassetti, Matteo
Italy, Udine
Santa Maria Misericordia University Hospital
Wright, Brian Joseph
United States, Stony Brook
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Ansaloni, Luca
Italy, Bergamo
Papa Giovanni Xxiii Hospital
Catena, Fausto
Italy, Parma
Maggiore Hospital
Coccolini, Federico
Italy, Rimini
Infermi Hospital
Abu‑Zidan, Fikri M.
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
United Arab Emirates University
Coimbra, Raul S.
United States, La Jolla
University of California, San Diego
Moore, Eugene E.
United States, Denver
Denver Health Med Center
Moore, Frederick Alan
United States, Gainesville
University of Florida College of Medicine
Maier, Ronald V.
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
De Waele, Jan J.
Belgium, Ghent
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
Kirkpatrick, Andrew Wallace W.
Canada, Calgary
Foothills Medical Centre
Griffiths, Ewen A.
United Kingdom, Birmingham
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Eckmann, Christian
Germany, Hannover
Hannover Medical School
Brink, Adrian John
South Africa, Highveld Park
Ampath Trust
Mazuski, John E.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
May, Addison K.
United States, Nashville
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Sawyer, Robert G.
United States, Charlottesville
University of Virginia Health System
Mertz, Dominik
Canada, Hamilton
Mcmaster University
Montravers, Philippe
France, Paris
Ap-hp Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris
Kumar, Anand
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Roberts, Jason A.
Australia, Brisbane
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Vincent, Jean Louis
Belgium, Brussels
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Watkins, Richard R.
United States, Akron
Akron General Medical Center
Lowman, Warren
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences
Spellberg, Brad J.
United States, Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Abbott, Iain J.
Australia, Melbourne
The Alfred
Adesunkanmi, Abdulrasheed Rashid Kayode
Nigeria, Ife
Obafemi Awolowo University
Al-Dahir, Sara A.
United States, New Orleans
Xavier University of Louisiana
Al-Hasan, Majdi N.
United States, Columbia
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia
Agresta, Ferdinando
Unknown Affiliation
Al-Thani, Asmaa Ali
Qatar, Doha
Qatar University
Ansari, Shamshul
Japan, Oita
Oita University
Ansumana, Rashid
Sierra Leone, Freetown
Njala University
Augustin, Goran
Croatia, Zagreb
Kbc Zagreb
Bala, Miklosh
Israel, Jerusalem
Hadassah University Medical Centre
Balogh, Zsolt J.
Australia, Callaghan
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Baraket, Oussama
Tunisia, Bizerte
Bizerte Hospital
Bhangu, Aneel Amir
United Kingdom, Birmingham
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Beltrán, Marcelo A.S.
Chile, La Serena
Hospital de la Serena
Bernhard, Michael K.
Germany, Leipzig
Universität Leipzig
Biffl, Walter L.
United States, Denver
University of Colorado Denver
Boermeester, Marja A.
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Amsterdam Umc - University of Amsterdam
Brecher, Stephen M.
United States, West Roxbury
Va Boston Healthcare System
Cherry-Bukowiec, Jill R.
United States, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Buyne, Otmar R.
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Radboud University Medical Center
Caínzos Fernández, Miguel Angel
Spain, Santiago de Compostela
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago
Cairns, Kelly A.
Australia, Melbourne
Alfred Health
Camacho-Ortíz, Adrián
Mexico, Monterrey
Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez
Chandy, Sujith John
India, Thiruvalla
Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
Che Jusoh, Asri
Unknown Affiliation
Chichom-Mefire, Alain
Cameroon, Bafoussam
Regional Hospital
Colijn, Caroline
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Corcione, Francesco F.
Italy, Naples
Ospedale V. Monaldi
Cui, Yunfeng
China, Tianjin
Tianjin Nankai of Itcwm Nankai Hospital
Curcio, Daniel Jorge
Unknown Affiliation
Delibegović, Samir
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuzla
University Clinical Center Tuzla
Demetrashvili, Zaza M.
Georgia, Tbilisi
Kipshidze Central University Hospital
de Simone, Belinda D.
Unknown Affiliation
Dhingra, Sameer
Trinidad and Tobago, St Augustine
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
Diaz, Jose J.
United States, Baltimore
University of Maryland r Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Di Carlo, Isidoro
Italy, Catania
Università Degli Studi Di Catania
Dillip, Angel
Tanzania, Ifakara
Ifakara Health Institute
Di Saverio, S.
Italy, Bologna
Ospedale Maggiore
Doyle, Michael P.
United States, Griffin
The University of Georgia Griffin Campus
Dorj, Gereltuya
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences
Dogjani, Agron
Albania, Tirana
University Hospital Centre Tirana
Dupont, Hervé
France, Paris
Inserm
Eachempati, Soumitra R.
United States, New York
Weill Cornell Medicine
Enani, Mushira Abdulaziz S.
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
King Fahad Medical City
Egiev, Valery N.
Russian Federation, Moscow
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University Rnrmu
Elmangory, Mutasim M.
Sudan, Khartoum
Federal Ministry of Health Sudan
Ferrada, Paula A.
United States, Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
Fitchett, Joseph Robert Anderson
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Fraga, Gustavo Pereira
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Guessennd, Nathalie Kouadio
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Institut Pasteur de Cote-d'ivoire
Giamarellou, Helen
Greece, Athens
Hygeia Hospital
Ghnnam, Wagih Mommtaz
Egypt, Mansoura
Mansoura University
Gkiokas, Georgios A.
Greece, Athens
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Goldberg, Stephanie R.
United States, Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
Gomes, Carlos Augusto
Brazil, Juiz de Fora
Hospital Universitário Terezinha de Jesus
Gomi, Harumi
Japan, Mito
Mito Kyodo General Hospital
Guzmán-Blanco, Manuel
Venezuela, Caracas
Hospital Vargas de Caracas
Haque, Mainul Munirul
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
National Defense University of Malaysia
Hansen, Sonja
Germany, Berlin
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Hecker, Andreas
Germany, Giessen
Universitätsklinikum Gießen Und Marburg, Standort Gießen
Heizmann, Wolfgang R.
Unknown Affiliation
Herzog, Torsten
Germany, Bochum
Ruhr-universitat Bochum
Hodonou, Adrien Montcho
Benin, Parakou
Université de Parakou
Hong, Suk-kyung
South Korea, Seoul
Asan Medical Center
Kafka-Ritsch, Reinhold
Austria, Innsbruck
Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck
Kaplan, Lewis J.
United States
Va Medical Center
Kapoor, Garima
India, Hyderabad
Gandhi Medical College
Karamarković, Aleksandar R.
Serbia, Belgrade
University of Belgrade
Kees, Martin Georg
Germany, Berlin
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Kenig, Jakub
Poland, Krakow
Jagiellonian University Medical College
Kiguba, Ronald
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University
Kim, Peter Kyunghwan
United States, New York
Jacobi Medical Center
Kluger, Yoram S.
Israel, Haifa
Division of General Surgery
Khokha, Vladimir M.
Belarus, Mozyr
City Hospital
Koike, Kaoru
Japan, Kyoto
Graduate School of Medicine
Kok, Kenneth Yuh Yen
Brunei Darussalam
The Brunei Cancer Centre
Kong, Victor Yeewai
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg
Edendale Hospital
Inaba, Kenji
United States, Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Usc Medical Center
Isik, Arda A.
Turkey, Erzincan
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi
Iskandar, Katia A.
Lebanon, Beirut
Lebanese International University
Ivatury, Rao Richmond
United States, Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
Labricciosa, Francesco Maria
Unknown Affiliation
Laterre, Pierre François
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
Latifi, Rifat
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Lee, Jae-gil
South Korea, Seoul
Yonsei University College of Medicine
Lee, Young Ran
United States, Abilene
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Abilene
Léone, Marc
France, Marseille
Ap-hm Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille
Leppäniemi, Ari Kalevi
Finland, Helsinki
Helsinki University Hospital
Li, You Sheng
China, Nanjing
Medical School of Nanjing University
Liang, Stephen Y.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Maegele, Marc G.
Germany, Witten
Universität Witten/herdecke
Malama, Sydney K.
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia
Marei, Hany E.
Qatar, Doha
Qatar University
Martín-Loeches, Ignacio
Ireland, Dublin
Trinity College Dublin
Marwah, Sanjay
India, Rohtak
Pt. B.d. Sharma Pgims, Rohtak
Massele, Amos Y.
Botswana, Gaborone
University of Botswana
McFarlane, Michael E.C.
Jamaica, Kingston
University Hospital of the West Indies
Bessa Melo, Renato Bessa
Portugal, Porto
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João
Negoi, Ionuţ
Romania, Bucharest
Emergency Hospital of Bucharest
Nicolau, David Paul
Unknown Affiliation
Nord, Carl Erik
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset
Ofori-Asenso, Richard
Ghana, Accra
Health Policy Consult
Ordoñez Delgado, Carlos Alberto
Colombia, Cali
Fundación Valle Del Lili
Mouaqit, Ouadii
Morocco, Fez
Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah
Pereira Júnior, Gerson Alves
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Rems, Miran
Slovenia, Jesenice
General Hospital Jesenice
Rizoli, Sandro Baleotti
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Sato, Norio
Japan, Kyoto
Graduate School of Medicine
Segovia-Lohse, Helmut Alfredo Lfredo
Paraguay, San Lorenzo
Universidad Nacional de Asuncion
Sganga, Gabriele
Italy, Rome
Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Campus Di Roma
Siribumrungwong, Boonying
Thailand, Pathum Thani
Thammasat University Hospital
Shelat, Vishal Girishchandra
Singapore, Singapore City
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Soreide, K.
Norway, Stavanger
Stavanger Universitetssjukehus
Soto, Rodolfo
Colombia, Cali
Centro Médico Imbanaco
Talving, Peep
Estonia, Tallinn
North Estonia Medical Centre
Tilsed, Jonathan V.T.
United Kingdom, Hull
Hull University Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust
Timsit, Jéan-François Franc¸ois
France, Paris
Ap-hp Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris
Trueba, Gabriel A.
Ecuador, Quito
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Trung, Ngo Tat
Viet Nam, Hanoi
Tran Hung Dao Hospital
Ulrych, J.
Czech Republic, Prague
Všeobecná Fakultní Nemocnice V Praze
van Goor, Harry
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Radboud University Medical Center
Vereczkei, András G.
Hungary, Pecs
University of Pécs Medical School
Vohra, Ravinder S.
United Kingdom, Nottingham
Nottingham University Hospitals Nhs Trust
Wani, Imtiaz Ahmad
India, Srinagar
Sher-i-kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences
Uhl, Waldemar H.
Germany, Bochum
Ruhr-universitat Bochum
Xiao, Yonghong
China, Hangzhou
Zhejiang University
Yuan, Kuoching
Taiwan, Taipei
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Zachariah, Sanoop Koshy
Unknown Affiliation
Zahar, Jean Ralph
France, Angers
Chu Angers
Zakrison, Tanya Liv
United States, Coral Gables
University of Miami
Corcione, Antonio
Italy, Naples
Ospedale V. Monaldi
Viscoli, Claudio
Italy, Genoa
Università Degli Studi Di Genova
Viale, Pierluigi
Italy, Bologna
Alma Mater Studiorum Università Di Bologna
Statistics
Citations: 110
Authors: 162
Affiliations: 155
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/s13017-016-0089-y
ISSN:
17497922
Research Areas
Health System And Policy