Relevance and utility of peritoneal cultures in patients with peritonitis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, there has been a worldwide increase in infections caused by microorganisms resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents. METHODS:In the past few decades, an increased prevalence of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens, including Enterococcus spp., carbapenem-resistant Pseudomon...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Sartelli M,Catena F,di Saverio S,Ansaloni L,Coccolini F,Tranà C,Kirkby-Bott J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic osteomyelitis associated with a stage IV decubitus ulcer is a challenging condition to manage, characterized by frequent relapses and need for long-term anti-microbial therapy. Although gram-positive cocci are the most common causes, fungal infections have been reported, usually in immunocompromised ...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Jain NS,Horn CB,Coleoglou Centeno AA,Ilahi ON,Mazuski JE,Bocchichio GV,Punch LJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pyomyositis (PY) is a primary infection of the skeletal muscles, leading to inflammation of the muscle fibers followed by pus formation and even necrosis in late stages. Because of overlap in presentation of intermuscular abscess (IM) and PY, the exact incidence and severity of PY is under-appreciated. PATI...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Agarwal N,Aroor S,Saini P,Gupta A,Kaur N

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Temporary intra-operative portocaval shunts (TPCS) are believed to improve outcomes after cava-sparing liver transplantation. We hypothesize that decompression of the portal venous system via a TPCS reduces gut congestion, thereby decreasing bacterial translocation. Thus, we sought to clarify whether transpl...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Weniger M,Andrassy J,Weig T,Grabein B,Crispin A,Rentsch M,Siebers C,Bazhin A,D'Haese JG,Hartwig W,Werner J,Guba M,Faist E,Pratschke S,Angele MK

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical site infection (SSI), the third most common type of nosocomial infection in Sweden, is a patient injury that should be prevented. Methods of reducing SSIs include, for instance, disinfecting the skin, maintaining body temperature, and ensuring an aseptic environment. Guidelines for most of these int...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Wistrand C,Falk-Brynhildsen K,Nilsson U

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gentamicin is used commonly as an empiric antibiotic prior to culture evidence in the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in surgical patients. METHODS:The published literature on the use of gentamicin for empiric therapy in VAP was reviewed and in combination with the author's personal exper...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Byrnes M,Dorman R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: A skin-sparing approach for the treatment of necrotizing soft-tissue infections (NSTIs) removes necrotic tissue planes while leaving viable overlying skin. Subsequent closure of the spared skin may decrease the need for graft-based reconstruction, which is asso...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Tom LK,Maine RG,Wang CS,Parent BA,Bulger EM,Keys KA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metal implants are used frequently in orthopedic procedures and the occurrence of subclinical low-virulence infection is difficult to diagnose. The objective of this study was to examine the hypothesis that peri-prosthetic subclinical infections may be diagnosed effectively in a murine model system using sci...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Teixeira LE,Soares GG,Teixeira HC,Takenaka IK,Diniz SO,de Andrade MA,Cardoso VN,de Araújo ID

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previously, we developed an infection model by intraperitoneal (IP) injection of Klebsiella pneumoniae. The high early mortality rate prompted a study of the effect of gentamicin on the disease course. METHODS:Infection was induced in Balb/c mice by IP inoculation of 10(3) colony-forming units (cfu) of K. p...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Woods DR,Peyton JC,Franklin GA,Turina M,Cheadle WG

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last half-decade, substantial breakthroughs have taken place in terms of routine therapy of critically ill patients. The combination of these strategies has the potential to result in improvement in the overall outcomes for patients in intensive care units. METHODS:A focused review was undertaken o...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Beilman GJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vancomycin is the mainstay of treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) meningitis. However, successful outcomes with linezolid have not been reported in a large series of patients. We conducted a single-center retrospective cohort study to compare vancomycin with linezolid in the trea...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Sipahi OR,Bardak-Ozcem S,Turhan T,Arda B,Ruksen M,Pullukcu H,Aydemir S,Dalbasti T,Yurtseven T,Sipahi H,Zileli M,Ulusoy S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:One of the main benefits of minimally invasive surgery compared with open surgery is the significant reduction in the incidence of postoperative infections. Possible explanations include the smaller incision, minimal use of central venous catheters for parenteral nutrition, faster mobilization, r...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Boni L,Benevento A,Rovera F,Dionigi G,Di Giuseppe M,Bertoglio C,Dionigi R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With high morbidity and potentially devastating consequences, surgical site infections (SSIs) after cardiac surgery add substantially to the healthcare burden. Inhibiting migration of skin microbes is likely to reduce contamination of the surgical incision by endogenous potential pathogens. We studied the ef...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Dohmen PM,Weymann A,Holinski S,Linneweber J,Geyer T,Konertz W

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conceptually, appropriateness of antibiotic therapy includes choice of agent relative to susceptibility of pathogens as well as dosing, timing of onset, and duration of therapy, but is most commonly considered in terms of choice of antibiotic. It has been suggested that inappropriate antibiotic selection can...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Barie PS,Hydo LJ,Shou J,Larone DH,Eachempati SR

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common complication of critical illness among surgical and trauma patients. Inappropriate empiric treatment of VAP increases the mortality rate. The rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) VAP susceptibility to doripenem (DOR) are higher than those to imipenem-cilastat...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Zilberberg MD,Mody SH,Chen J,Shorr AF

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic pancreatitis is a painful and often debilitating disease. Total pancreatectomy with intra-portal islet autotransplantation (TP-IAT) is a treatment option that allows for pain relief and preservation of beta-cell mass, thereby minimizing the complication of diabetes mellitus. Cultures of harvested isl...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Colling KP,Blondet JJ,Balamurugan AN,Wilhelm JJ,Dunn T,Pruett TL,Sutherland DE,Chinnakotla S,Bellin M,Beilman GJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Purpura fulminans (PF) is a rare but lethal complication of severe infection. Aggressive surgical debridement of irreversibly devitalized tissue improves survival frequently at the cost of disfigurement. The ethical dilemma of surrogate decision-making for these often incapacitated patients presents a unique...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Tanosaki M,Shimizu N,Lian CG,Jurchak M,Patel V

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cefazolin remains the preferred preoperative antibiotic for the majority of surgical procedures. However, outcome evidence supporting current dosing recommendations for pre-operative prophylaxis is scarce, particularly for obese patients. With more than 33% of adults in the United States classified as obese,...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Unger NR,Stein BJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The utility of tigecycline as compared with other antibiotic therapies in the treatment of patients with complicated intra-abdominal infection (cIAI) and the short- and long-term outcomes of a large cohort of severely ill patients were examined. We provide the first published data on post-discharge events fo...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Solomkin J,Mullins CD,Quintana A,Eckmann C,Shelbaya A,Ernst FR,Krukas MR,Reisman A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common healthcare-associated infection affecting as many as 27% of mechanically ventilated patients. Ventilator-associated pneumonia is an important source of morbidity and mortality in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU). The optimal diagnostic method for VAP h...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Guidry CA,Mallicote MU,Petroze RT,Hranjec T,Rosenberger LH,Davies SW,Sawyer RG

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current scolicidal agents, which have been used for inactivation of protoscoleces during surgical procedures, are associated with adverse side effects including sclerosing cholangitis. This investigation aimed to evaluate the scolicidal effects of Bunium persicum (Boiss) essential oil against protoscoleces o...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Mahmoudvand H,Tavakoli Oliaei R,Mirbadie SR,Kheirandish F,Tavakoli Kareshk A,Ezatpour B,Mahmoudvand H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Sarcopenia is a syndrome that can have negative consequences after gastric cancer (GC) surgery. This study aims to determine the effect of sarcopenia on surgical site infection (SSI) that develops after open GC surgery. Patients and Met...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Olmez T,Gulmez S,Karakose E,Ofluoglu CB,Senger AS,Bozkurt H,Duman M,Polat E

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Suppurative kidney infections (SKIs) have potentially lethal implications and a high incidence of treatment-related morbidity and death. Until this point, there has been no study that has derived a prognostic model for adverse early outcomes in SKI. Therefore, our aim was to derive and validate a simple scor...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Stojadinović MM,Milovanović DR,Gajić BS

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection is the most common postoperative complication within the surgical wound and during severe trauma. In spite of the use of modern sterile techniques and prophylaxis, infection continues to be a leading cause of death in these patients. Therefore, it has become crucial to develop new alternatives to p...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Aviles H,O'Donnell P,Sun B,Sonnenfeld G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed new surveillance definitions for ventilator-associated events (VAE), leading to concerns that hospitals may be underreporting the true incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonias (VAPs). We sought to compare rates of clinically diagnos...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Zosa BM,Golob JF,Conrad-Schnetz KJ,Schechtman D,Kreiner LA,Claridge JA

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is an independent risk factor for developing nosocomial infections and for developing surgical site infection (SSI) in particular. The number of post-operative nosocomial S. aureus infections can be reduced by screening patients and decolonizing nasal carriers. In additio...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： van Vugt JL,Coelen RJ,van Dam DW,Winkens B,Derikx JP,Heddema ER,Stoot JH

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:By definition, the term "surgical infection" implies that surgery plays the major role in therapy, whereas antimicrobial chemotherapy is only supplementary. Despite this view, the efficacy of such drugs is relevant, and for this reason, drug activity surveillance is necessary, especially for opportunistic an...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Rodriguez CN,Rodriguez-Morales AJ,Garcia A,Pastran B,Meijomil P

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selection of a pre-operative hand antisepsis agent has not been studied in relation to surgical site infection (SSI) culture data. In our hospital, we introduced an alcohol-based hand rub (ABR) in 2012 as an alternative to traditional aqueous surgical scrubs (TSS). It was the goal of this study to review any...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Oriel BS,Chen Q,Wong K,Itani KMF

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Background: Within the United States, surgical site infections (SSIs) have now become the most common hospital-acquired infection and impact 2%-5% of all surgical patients. It is estimated that approximately 60% of SSIs could be prevented through improved adherence to pre-...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Collins CR,Wick EC

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy continues to exist regarding the immunomodulatory effects of cellular blood transfusions in the fields of oncology, transplantation, and infectious diseases. Numerous studies have correlated transfusion with hospital-acquired infection, but the impact of transfusion on infection-related mortality...

journal_title：Surgical infections

authors： Hughes MG,Evans HL,Lightfoot L,Chong TW,Smith RL,Raymond DP,Pelletier SJ,Claridge JA,Pruett TL,Sawyer RG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00