%0 Journal Article %T 2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections %A Sartelli Massimo %A Viale Pierluigi %A Catena Fausto %A Ansaloni Luca %J World Journal of Emergency Surgery %D 2013 %I BioMed Central %R 10.1186/1749-7922-8-3 %X Despite advances in diagnosis, surgery, and antimicrobial therapy, mortality rates associated with complicated intra-abdominal infections remain exceedingly high. The 2013 update of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) guidelines for the management of intra-abdominal infections contains evidence-based recommendations for management of patients with intra-abdominal infections. %U http://www.wjes.org/content/8/1/3