Postoperative wound infections
Journal of Hospital Infection, cilt.29, sa.4, ss.305-309, 1995 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 1995
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/0195-6701(95)90278-3
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Hospital Infection
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.305-309
- Anahtar Kelimeler: POSTOPERATIVE WOUND INFECTIONS, WOUND INFECTION RATE
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
A prospective study of postoperative wound infection was carried out over a two year period in Cumhuriyet University Medicine Faculty Hospital in Sivas, Turkey. Examination of wounds, with cultures of all suspicious wounds using standard bacteriological methods was performed. Of a total of 4146 surgical wounds, 188 (4·53%), became infected. High infection rates were noted after colon resection (32·1%), gastric and oesophageal operations (21·1%), cholesystectomy (17·2%), and splenectomy (10·2%). Low infection rates were noted after thyroidectomy, mastectomy, caesarean section and abdominal hysterectomy. The commonest causative organisms were coagulase-negative staphylococci 21·7%, Staphylococcus aureus 19·7%, Escherichia coli 19·7%, Enterobacter spp. 17·6%, and Pseudomonas spp. 10·7%. © 1995.