2024 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Complicated Intra-abdominal Infections: Diagnostic Imaging of Suspected Acute Intra-abdominal Abscess in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People

Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Oct 4;79(Supplement_3):S113-S117. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae351.

Abstract

This article is part of a clinical practice guideline update on the risk assessment, diagnostic imaging, and microbiological evaluation of complicated intra-abdominal infections in adults, children, and pregnant people, developed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. In this article, the panel provides recommendations for diagnostic imaging of suspected acute intra-abdominal abscess. The panel's recommendations are based on evidence derived from systematic literature reviews and adhere to a standardized methodology for rating the certainty of evidence and strength of recommendation according to the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) approach.

Keywords: abscess; diagnostic imaging; guideline; intra-abdominal infection; radiology.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Abscess* / diagnostic imaging
  • Abdominal Abscess* / microbiology
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods
  • Diagnostic Imaging / standards
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intraabdominal Infections* / diagnosis
  • Intraabdominal Infections* / diagnostic imaging
  • Intraabdominal Infections* / microbiology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnostic imaging