Peritoneal Infection and Inflammation

Call for Papers

Peritonitis is a major complication of various disease entities in internal medicine, surgery, and gynecology and is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Causes of peritonitis are manifold including infectious, autoimmune, or chemical processes. A precise knowledge of inflammatory mechanisms in initiation and establishment of peritoneal inflammation is of pivotal interest for prevention and treatment of peritonitis.

The main focus of this special issue will be on the mechanisms of inflammatory processes in the peritoneal cavity regardless of the organ system or the specific syndrome it results from. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Infectious peritonitis
  • Bacterial peritonitis
  • Tuberculous peritonitis
  • Chlamydial peritonitis
  • Gonococcal peritonitis
  • Viral peritonitis
• Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis
  • Infectious peritonitis
  • Chemical (sterile) peritonitis
• Chylous peritonitis
• Neonatal peritonitis
• Peritonitis with or following diverticular disease of intestine
• Other peritonitis

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/mi/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:

Lead Guest Editor

• Markus Wornle, Medical Polyclinic, University of Munich, Pettenkoferstrasse 8a, 80336 Munich, Germany

Guest Editors

• Nicholas Topley, Department of Infection, Immunity & Biochemistry, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Henry Welcome Building, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
• Christoph Aufricht, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
• Wolfgang Neuhofer, Department of Physiology, University of Munich, Pettenkoferstrasse 12, 80336 Munich, Germany