TY - GEN AU - De Waele, Jan AU - Lipman, Jeffrey AU - Sakr, Yasser AU - Marshall, John C. AU - Vanhems, Philippe AU - Groba, Casiano Barrera AU - Leone, Marc AU - Vincent, Jean-Louis AU - EPIC II Investigators PY - 2014 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-14-420 SN - 1471-2334 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/20001 AB - Background: Abdominal infections are frequent causes of sepsis and septic shock in the intensive care unit (ICU) and are associated with adverse outcomes. We analyzed the characteristics, treatments and outcome of ICU patients with abdominal... LA - eng PB - BioMed Central (BMC) KW - Abdominal infection KW - Abscess KW - Peritonitis KW - Severe sepsis KW - Critical care KW - Antibiotic therapy KW - Microbiology KW - Abdomen KW - Aged KW - Bacterial Infections KW - Young Adult KW - Adult KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents KW - Humans KW - Middle Aged KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Intensive Care Units KW - Male KW - Critical Illness KW - Female KW - Sepsis KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Prevalence TI - Abdominal infections in the intensive care unit: characteristics, treatment and determinants of outcome TY - research article ER -