Massimo SartelliStefano Di BellaLynne V. McFarlandSahil KhannaLuis Furuya-KanamoriNadir AbuzeidFikri M. Abu-ZidanLuca AnsaloniGoran AugustinMiklosh BalaOffir Ben-IshayWalter L. BifflStephen M. BrecherAdrián Camacho-OrtizMiguel A. CaínzosShirley ChanJill R. Cherry-BukowiecJesse ClantonFederico CoccoliniMaria E. CocuzRaul CoimbraFrancesco CorteseYunfeng CuiJacek CzepielZaza DemetrashviliIsidoro Di CarloSalomone Di SaverioIrina M. DumitruChristian EckmannEdward H. EilandJoseph D. ForresterGustavo P. FragaJean L. FrossardDonald E. FryRita GaleirasWagih GhnnamCarlos A. GomesEwen A. GriffithsXavier GuiraoMohamed H. AhmedTorsten HerzogJae Il KimTariq IqbalArda IsikKamal M.F. ItaniFrancesco M. LabricciosaYeong Y. LeePaul JuangAleksandar KaramarkovicPeter K. KimYoram KlugerAri LeppaniemiVarut LohsiriwatGustavo M. MacHainSanjay MarwahJohn E. MazuskiGokhan MetanErnest E. MooreFrederick A. MooreCarlos A. OrdoñezLeonardo PaganiNicola PetrosilloFrancisco PortelaKemal RasaMiran RemsBoris E. SakakushevHelmut Segovia-LohseGabriele SgangaVishal G. ShelatPatrizia SpigagliaPierre TattevinCristian TranàLibor UrbánekJan UlrychPierluigi VialeGian L. BaiocchiFausto CatenaSt. Josef-Hospital im Katholischen Klinikum BochumVA Boston Healthcare SystemRegional Hospital of BolzanoFondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreUniversidad Nacional de AsuncionIRCCS Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive Lazzaro SpallanzaniTbilisi State Medical UniversityOmdurman Islamic UniversityCollege of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates UniversityUniversity of BelgradeUniversidad del Valle, CaliV eobecná Fakultní Nemocnice V PrazeInje University, College of MedicineMedway Maritime HospitalUniversity of New Mexico School of MedicineMedical University of PlovdivPt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, RohtakUniversidade Estadual de CampinasNHS Foundation TrustUniversity of Colorado School of MedicineUniversidad de Santiago de CompostelaAlma Mater Studiorum Università di BolognaWest Virginia University Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Charleston DivisionHôpital PontchaillouUniversity of Michigan, Ann ArborMedizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)Universitatea Transilvania din BrasovUniversidade da CoruñaOvidius University of ConstantaWashington University School of Medicine in St. LouisFakultni Nemocnice BrnoUniwersytet Jagielloński Collegium MedicumCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de CoimbraHospital Universitario Dr. Jose Eleuterio GonzalezAddenbrooke's HospitalHelsinki University HospitalLoma Linda University School of MedicineOspedale M. BufaliniUniversity of Washington, SeattleUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Magee-Womens HospitalUniversità degli Studi di BresciaNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineStanford UniversityQueen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustMansoura UniversityTianjin Medical UniversityHacettepe University, Faculty of MedicineSt. Louis College of PharmacyFaculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol UniversityScripps Memorial HospitalUniversità degli Studi di CataniaIstituto Superiore Di SanitaHôpitaux universitaires de GenèveAustralian National UniversityUniversity of Florida College of MedicineUniversity of Zagreb School of MedicineMayo ClinicAzienda Complesso Ospedaliero San Filippo NeriHarvard Medical SchoolSchool of Medical Sciences - Universiti Sains MalaysiaTan Tock Seng HospitalAlbert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityAzienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di TriesteUniversidade Federal de Juiz de ForaHadassah University Medical CentreGlobal Alliance for Infections in SurgeryHospital UniversitariVital Care, IncMaggiore Parma HospitalMacerata HospitalAnadolu Medical CenterGeneral Hospital Jesenice2020-01-272020-01-272019-02-28World Journal of Emergency Surgery. Vol.14, No.1 (2019)174979222-s2.0-85062416919https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/51855© 2019 The Author(s). In the last three decades, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has increased in incidence and severity in many countries worldwide. The increase in CDI incidence has been particularly apparent among surgical patients. Therefore, prevention of CDI and optimization of management in the surgical patient are paramount. An international multidisciplinary panel of experts from the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) updated its guidelines for management of CDI in surgical patients according to the most recent available literature. The update includes recent changes introduced in the management of this infection.Mahidol UniversityMedicineReviewSCOPUS10.1186/s13017-019-0228-3