MAUI, Hawaii – Nearly a third of patients with Crohn’s disease will develop an abdominal abscess from a fistula during disease management. A presenter at the GUILD Conference reported that a surgical ...

The patient is status post 2 surgical resections for Crohn's ileocolitis and has just resolved an intra-abdominal abscess with percutaneous drainage and antibiotics. Would you have concern about ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . MAUI, Hawaii — In this exclusive video from GUILD Conference 2020, Miguel Regueiro, MD, discusses his ...

Background: Ciprofloxacin is the antibiotic most frequently used in the treatment of Crohn’s disease (CD). We attempted to identify the microorganisms present in CD-related intra-abdominal abscesses, ...

Background A 34-year-old gravid woman with a history of ileal Crohn's disease presented at 30 weeks' gestation with a 2-week history of fever and right upper quadrant pain. An intra-abdominal abscess ...

In a randomised controlled trial (RCT) in adults with complicated intra‑abdominal infections, intravenous ceftolozane/tazobactam plus metronidazole was found to be ...

Appendectomy by laparoscopic surgery is considered to be advantageous compared with appendectomy by open surgery; however, higher rates of intra-abdominal abscesses have been associated with ...

For the first time since 2010, the Infectious Disease Society of America published new guidelines for treating complex abdominal infections. The revisions were prompted by “significant morbidity and ...

image: Intra-abdominal fat cells may contribute to the development and progression of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and ...

What is Abdominal Compartment Syndrome? Abdominal compartment syndrome is defined as an intra-abdominal pressure of more than 20 mm Hg that results in the failure of an organ like the kidney or the ...

A previously well 12-year-old boy presented after 1 month of increasing right-sided hip pain with a limp, decreased energy and a 2-kg weight loss. He had no history of trauma, other joint problems, ...