title: [Causes and prevention of latent infection in abdominal surgery].
abstract: The analysis of repeated admission of patients with purulent complications of wounds and cicatrices (261 patients) has shown that 24% of the patients had a latent infection which could manifest itself against the background of characteristic changes in the natural resistance of the organism. The main microbe isolated in the outbursts of latent infections was found to be pathogenic staphilococcus with endogenous introduction of microbes into tissues. The latent infection is believed by the author to play an important role in pathogenesis of purulent complications after operations associated with an injury of scarry tissues. Prophylactic and curative recommendations made by the author are described.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000917:Antibody Formation; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Prichiny i profilaktika dremliushcheĭ infektsii v abdominal'noĭ khirurgii.