Division GI-IAB: Intraabdominal, not specified elsewhere including gallbladder, bile ducts, liver (excluding viral hepatitis), spleen, pancreas, peritoneum, subphrenic or subdiaphragmatic space, or other intraabdominal tissue or area not specified elsewhere

Intraabdominal infections must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Patient has organisms cultured from purulent material from intraabdominal space obtained during a surgical operation or needle aspiration

• Patient has abscess or other evidence of intraabdominal infection seen during a surgical operation or histopathologic examination

• Patient has at least two of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognised cause: fever (> 38 °C), nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or jaundice

AND at least one of the following:

• organisms cultured from drainage from surgically placed drain (e.g. closed suction drainage system, open drain, T-tube drain)

• organisms seen on Gram’s stain of drainage or tissue obtained during surgical operation or needle aspiration

• organisms cultured from blood and radiographic evidence of infection (e.g. abnormal findings on ultrasound, CT scan, MRI, or radiolabel scans [gallium, technetium, etc.] or on abdominal x-ray)