Division GI-GIT: Gastrointestinal tract (esophagus, stomach, small and large bowel, and rectum) excluding gastroenteritis and appendicitis

Gastrointestinal tract infections, excluding gastroenteritis and appendicitis, must meet at least 1 of the following criteria:

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

• Patient has at least 2 of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognized cause and compatible with infection of the organ or tissue involved: fever (> 38 °C), nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or tenderness

  AND at least 1 of the following:

  • organisms cultured from drainage or tissue obtained during a surgical operation or endoscopy or from a surgically placed drain

  • organisms seen on Gram's or KOH stain or multinucleated giant cells seen on microscopic examination of drainage or tissue obtained during a surgical operation or endoscopy or from a surgically placed drain

  • organisms cultured from blood

  • evidence of pathologic findings on radiographic examination

  • evidence of pathologic findings on endoscopic examination (for example, Candida spp. esophagitis or proctitis)