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Peritonitis: Priorities and Management Strategies

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Despite advances in antimicrobial and surgical therapies, severe peritonitis remains a potentially fatal disease. Furthermore, infections due to spontaneous gastrointestinal perforation and those resulting from injuries or complications of abdominal operations, still represent a challenge for surgeons.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Clinical Microbiology/Infection Control, Royal Liverpool Children’s NHS, Liverpool, UK

    H. K. F. van Saene

  2. Department of Surgery/Division of Organ Transplantation, Catholic University, University Hospital Agostino Gemelli and CNR Centro Studi Fisiopatologia Shock, Rome, Italy

    G. Sganga

  3. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Gorizia Hospital, Gorizia, Italy

    L. Silvestri

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Sganga, G., Brisinda, G., Castagneto, M. (2001). Peritonitis: Priorities and Management Strategies. In: van Saene, H.K.F., Sganga, G., Silvestri, L. (eds) Infection in the Critically Ill: an Ongoing Challenge. Topics in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2242-3_4

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