title: [Anaerobic infections in surgery].
abstract: In the past few years the incidence of anaerobes in the aetiology of surgical infections has definitely increased due to a distinct increase in anaerobic flora and to the noticeable improvement in isolation and culture techniques which have drastically decreased the incidence of so-called "sterile pus". The development of the toxi-infective shock due to Gram negative anaerobes, presents the most serious clinical problems, being the shock with the highest mortality rate. A paradigmatic example of shock due to surgical infections is the shock complicating peritonitis. A correct postoperative behaviour includes peritoneal lavage through drainages placed during surgery. The AA. personal experience with 50 hospitalized patients treated surgically and with cefoxitin, a new cephamycin semisynthetic antibiotic resistant to beta-lactamases, is reported.
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006089:Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D051381:Rats; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Infezioni anaerobie in chirurgia.