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Front Matter
1. The Burden of Surgical Site Infections: Pathophysiology and Risk Factors—Preoperative Measures to Prevent Surgical Site Infections
2. Antibiotic Prophylaxis: When, How, and How Long?
3. Intraoperative Measures to Prevent Surgical Site Infections
4. Infection in Surgery: How to Manage the Surgical Wound
5. Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections. How to Implement Them
6. The Infected Mesh: How to Treat it
7. Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
8. How to Prevent and Treat Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
9. How to Prevent and Treat Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections
10. Clostridium difficile Infection in Surgical Patients
11. Source Control in Intra-Abdominal Infections
12. Ongoing Peritonitis (Tertiary Peritonotis)
13. The Challenge of Postoperative Peritonitis Due to Anastomotic Leakage
14. Management of Necrotizing Fasciitis
15. Infections in Elderly Patients
16. How to Use Antibiotics in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis and Septic Shock
17. Acute Gastrointestinal Injury
18. Infections in Trauma Patients
19. The Value of Microbiological Cultures: When to Perform Them and How to Read Them
20. Invasive Candidiasis in Surgical Patients
21. The Role of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs to Optimize Antibiotics Use in the Surgical Departments
22. What Healthcare Workers Should Know About the “One Health Approach” and the Global Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance

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