title: [Hospital infections in an emergency surgery ward].
abstract: A study was conducted on hospital infections in an emergency surgery ward. The survey lasted one year and confirmed the higher incidence of infections after contaminated and dirty operations. Rates of infection were also high after clean operations due to the large number of subjects at risk among the group examined. The most commonly encountered micro-organisms in the infections of surgical wounds were, in order, E. coli, Str. faecalis and Staph. aureus, the latter being only minimally responsive to the standard antibiotics. Several proposals are advanced for prophylaxis in the attempt to halt the circulation of strains with a multiple resistance to antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Università di Torino, Instituto di Chirurgia d'Urgenza.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Soranzo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pessione
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spezia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alberghina
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Daziano
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salassa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Olivero
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004630:Emergencies; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital
vernacular_title: Infezioni ospedaliere in un reparto di chirurgia d'urgenza.