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

Sartelli, Massimo, Weber, Dieter G, Ruppé, Etienne, Bassetti, Matteo, Wright, Brian J, Ansaloni, Luca, Catena, Fausto, Coccolini, Federico, Abu-Zidan, Fikri M, Coimbra, Raul, Moore, Ernest E, Moore, Frederick A, Maier, Ronald V, De Waele, Jan J, Kirkpatrick, Andrew W, Griffiths, Ewen A, Eckmann, Christian, Brink, Adrian J, Mazuski, John E, May, Addison K, Sawyer, Rob G, Mertz, Dominik, Montravers, Philippe, Kumar, Anand, Roberts, Jason A, Vincent, Jean-Louis, Watkins, Richard R, Lowman, Warren, Spellberg, Brad, Abbott, Iain J, Adesunkanmi, Abdulrashid Kayode, Al-Dahir, Sara, Al-Hasan, Majdi N, Agresta, Ferdinando, Althani, Asma A, Ansari, Shamshul, Ansumana, Rashid, Augustin, Goran, Bala, Miklosh, Balogh, Zsolt J, Baraket, Oussama, Bhangu, Aneel, Beltrán, Marcelo A, Bernhard, Michael, Biffl, Walter L, Boermeester, Marja A, Brecher, Stephen M, Cherry-Bukowiec, Jill R, Buyne, Otmar R, Cainzos, Miguel A, Cairns, Kelly A, Camacho-Ortiz, Adrian, Chandy, Sujith J, Che Jusoh, Asri, Chichom-Mefire, Alain, Colijn, Caroline, Corcione, Francesco, Cui, Yunfeng, Curcio, Daniel, Delibegovic, Samir, Demetrashvili, Zaza, De Simone, Belinda, Dhingra, Sameer, Diaz, José J, Di Carlo, Isidoro, Dillip, Angel, Di Saverio, Salomone, Doyle, Michael P, Dorj, Gereltuya, Dogjani, Agron, Dupont, Hervé, Eachempati, Soumitra R, Enani, Mushira Abdulaziz, Egiev, Valery N, Elmangory, Mutasim M, Ferrada, Paula, Fitchett, Joseph R, Fraga, Gustavo P, Guessennd, Nathalie, Giamarellou, Helen, Ghnnam, Wagih, Gkiokas, George, Goldberg, Staphanie R, Gomes, Carlos Augusto, Gomi, Harumi, Guzmán-Blanco, Manuel, Haque, Mainul, Hansen, Sonja, Hecker, Andreas, Heizmann, Wolfgang R, Herzog, Torsten, Hodonou, Adrien Montcho, Hong, Suk-Kyung, Kafka-Ritsch, Reinhold, Kaplan, Lewis J, Kapoor, Garima, Karamarkovic, Aleksandar, Kees, Martin G, Kenig, Jakub, Kiguba, Ronald, Kim, Peter K, Kluger, Yoram, Khokha, Vladimir, Koike, Kaoru, Kok, Kenneth Y Y, Kong, Victory, Knox, Matthew C, Inaba, Kenji, Isik, Arda, Iskandar, Katia, Ivatury, Rao R, Labbate, Maurizio, Labricciosa, Francesco M, Laterre, Pierre-François, Latifi, Rifat, Lee, Jae Gil, Lee, Young Ran, Leone, Marc, Leppaniemi, Ari, Li, Yousheng, Liang, Stephen Y, Loho, Tonny, Maegele, Marc, Malama, Sydney, Marei, Hany E, Martin-Loeches, Ignacio, Marwah, Sanjay, Massele, Amos, McFarlane, Michael, Melo, Renato Bessa, Negoi, Ionut, Nicolau, David P, Nord, Carl Erik, Ofori-Asenso, Richard, Omari, AbdelKarim H, Ordonez, Carlos A, Ouadii, Mouaqit, Pereira Júnior, Gerson Alves, Piazza, Diego, Pupelis, Guntars, Rawson, Timothy Miles, Rems, Miran, Rizoli, Sandro, Rocha, Claudio, Sakakhushev, Boris, Sanchez-Garcia, Miguel, Sato, Norio, Segovia Lohse, Helmut A, Sganga, Gabriele, Siribumrungwong, Boonying, Shelat, Vishal G, Soreide, Kjetil, Soto, Rodolfo, Talving, Peep, Tilsed, Jonathan V, Timsit, Jean-Francois, Trueba, Gabriel, Trung, Ngo Tat, Ulrych, Jan, van Goor, Harry, Vereczkei, Andras, Vohra, Ravinder S, Wani, Imtiaz, Uhl, Waldemar, Xiao, Yonghong, Yuan, Kuo-Ching, Zachariah, Sanoop K, Zahar, Jean-Ralph, Zakrison, Tanya L, Corcione, Antonio, Melotti, Rita M, Viscoli, Claudio and Viale, Perluigi (2016) 'Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA).'. World journal of emergency surgery : WJES, Vol 11, Issue 33.

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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 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.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	W General Medicine. Health Professions > W 21.5 Allied health personnel. Allied health professions QW Microbiology and Immunology > QW 45 Microbial drug resistance. General or not elsewhere classified. WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 110 Prevention and control of communicable diseases. Transmission of infectious diseases WB Practice of Medicine > Therapeutics > WB 330 Drug therapy WI Digestive System > WI 140 Diseases (General)
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-016-0089-y
Depositing User:	Jessica Jones
Date Deposited:	26 Jul 2016 15:03
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2018 13:12
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/6019

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