World Journal of Surgery

Introduction

Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Positive Cocci: Implications for Surgical Practice

Philip S. Barie

Burn Wound Infections: Current Status

Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., Albert T. McManus, Seung H. Kim, Cleon W. Goodwin

Surgical Perspective on Invasive Candida Infections

David A. Dean, Kenneth W. Burchard

Soft Tissue Infections

Ronald T. Lewis

Antibiotic Therapy for Abdominal Infection

John M.A. Bohnen

Tertiary Peritonitis: Clinical Features of a Complex Nosocomial Infection

Avery B. Nathens, Ori D. Rotstein, John C. Marshall

Selective Gut Decontamination in Intensive Care and Surgical Practice: Where Are We?

Graham Ramsay, Rick H.K.F. van Saene

Role of the Coagulation System in the Local and Systemic Inflammatory Response

Ian D. McGilvray, Ori D. Rotstein

Endothelial Cells: Role in Infection and Inflammation

Sandra N. McGill, Najma A. Ahmed, Nicolas V. Christou

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: Model of a Severe Regional Inflammatory Response Syndrome

R. Jan A. Goris

Sepsis: Stimulation of Energy-Dependent Protein Breakdown Resulting in Protein Loss in Skeletal Muscle

Per-Olof Hasselgren, Josef E. Fischer

Roles of Nitric Oxide in Surgical Infection and Sepsis

Mark L. Johnson, Timothy R. Billiar

Diets and Infection: Composition and Consequences

J. Wesley Alexander, Cora K. Ogle, Jeffrey L. Nelson

Nutritional Support and Infection: Does the Route Matter?

Gayle Minard, Kenneth A. Kudsk