Intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) are common surgical emergencies and have been reported as major contributors to non-trauma deaths in the emergency departments worldwide. The cornerstones of effective treatment of IAIs are early recognition, adequate source control, and appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Prompt resuscitation of patients with ongoing sepsis is of utmost important. In hospitals worldwide, non-acceptance of, or lack of access to, accessible evidence-based practices and guidelines result in overall poorer outcome of patients suffering IAIs. The aim of this paper is to promote global standards of care in IAIs and update the 2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections.

1st Department of Surgery Department of Abdominal Thoracic Surgery and Traumatology General University Hospital Prague Czech Republic

2 Cátedra de Clínica Quirúrgica Hospital de Clínicas Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Universidad Nacional de Asuncion Asuncion Paraguay

Abdominal Center University Hospital Meilahti Helsinki Finland

Acute Care Surgery at The Queen's Medical Center John A Burns School of Medicine University of Hawai'i Honolulu USA

Clinic for Emergency Surgery Medical Faculty University of Belgrade Belgrade Serbia

Department of Aeromedical Services for Emergency and Trauma Care Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine Ehime Japan

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health Unit of Hygiene Preventive Medicine and Public Health Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona Italy

Department of Clinical Medicine University of Bergen Bergen Norway

Department of Emergency Surgery Maggiore Hospital Parma Italy

Department of Emergency Surgery Mozyr City Hospital Mozyr Belarus

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery Stavanger University Hospital Stravenger Norway

Department of General and Emergency Surgery Riga East University Hospital 'Gailezers' Riga Latvia

Department of General and Thoracic Surgery University Hospital Giessen Giessen Germany

Department of General Surgery Division of Surgery Rambam Health Care Campus Haifa Israel

Department of General Surgery Faculty of Medicine Erzincan University Erzincan Turkey

Department of General Surgery Hospital San Juan de Dios de La Serena La Serena Chile

Department of General Surgery Kuala Krai Hospital Kuala Krai Kelantan Malaysia

Department of General Surgery Mansoura Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt

Department of General Surgery Rambam Health Care Campus Haifa Israel

Department of General Surgery Tan Tock Seng Hospital Tan Tock Seng Singapore

Department of Primary Care and Emergency Medicine Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto Japan

Department of Surgery and Critical Care Universidad del Valle Fundación Valle del Lili Cali Colombia

Department of Surgery and Obstetrics Gynaecology Regional Hospital Limbe Cameroon

Department of Surgery Assia Medical Group Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv Israel

Department of Surgery College of Health Sciences Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife Nigeria

Department of Surgery College of Medicine and Health Sciences UAE University Al Ain United Arab Emirates

Department of Surgery Edendale Hospital Pietermaritzburg Republic of South Africa

Department of Surgery Emergency Hospital of Bucharest Bucharest Romania

Department of Surgery Hospital Clínico Universitario Santiago de Compostela Spain

Department of Surgery Hospital Universitário Terezinha de Jesus Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde de Juiz de Fora Juiz de Fora Brazil

Department of Surgery Ilsan Paik Hospital Inje University College of Medicine Goyang Republic of Korea

Department of Surgery King Abdullah University Hospital Irbid Jordan

Department of Surgery Macerata Hospital Macerata Italy

Department of Surgery Maggiore Hospital Bologna Italy

Department of Surgery Mosc Medical College Kolenchery Cochin India

Department of Surgery Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University Moscow Russian Federation

Department of Surgery Pt BDS Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences Rohtak India

Department of Surgery Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands

Department of Surgery Radiology University Hospital of the West Indies Kingston Jamaica

Department of Surgery Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Srinagar India

Department of Surgery St Josef Hospital Ruhr University Bochum Bochum Germany

Department of Surgery Tbilisi State Medical University Kipshidze Central University Hospital T'bilisi Georgia

Department of Surgery UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego USA

Department of Surgery University of Colorado Denver Health Medical Center Denver CO USA

Department of Surgery University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Ilorin Nigeria

Department of Surgery University of Washington Seattle WA USA

Department of Surgery Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA USA

Department of Surgery Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Republic of Korea

Department of Trauma Surgery Royal Perth Hospital Perth Australia

Department of Traumatology John Hunter Hospital and University of Newcastle Newcastle New South Wales Australia

Departments of Surgery Critical Care Medicine and the Regional Trauma Service Foothills Medical Centre Calgary Alberta Canada

Division of Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Department of Surgery Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center University of Southern California Los Angeles CA USA

Division of Emergency and Trauma Surgery Ribeirão Preto Medical School Ribeirão Preto Brazil

Division of Trauma Surgery Department of Surgery School of Medical Sciences University of Campinas Campinas SP Brazil

Emergency Department Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital Milan Italy

Emergency Post operative Department Otavio de Freitas Hospital and Hosvaldo Cruz Hospital Recife Brazil

Emergency Surgery Unit San Filippo Neri's Hospital Rome Italy

General Surgery Department Medical University University Hospital St George Plovdiv Bulgaria

General Surgery Department Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital Bergamo Italy

Shock Trauma Center University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore USA

Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center Jerusalem Israel

Trauma and Emergency Surgery Department Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taoyuan City Taiwan

Trauma Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital Boston USA

Trauma Service Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital and Department of Surgery Nelson R Mandela School of Clinical Medicine Durban South Africa

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