title: Surgical wound infections in gynaecology at Rajvithi Hospital 1989-1990.
abstract: A survey on surgical wound infections in gynaecological patients at Rajvithi Hospital was done. One thousand three hundred and eighty-three cases who were operated on from 1989 to 1990 were included. The overall rate of surgical wound infection was 4.92%. Vaginal stump infection accounted for 52.9%, and abdominal wound infections 30.9%. Aerobic gram negative bacilli were the main group of isolated bacteria (45.12%) followed by aerobic gram positive cocci (19.51%). Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were found in 3.66% of the isolates. Antimicrobials were used in combination. Two antimicrobials were precribed in 4.84%, 3 drugs in 17.74%, 4 drugs in 25.81% and more than 4 drugs in drugs in as many as 51.61% of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rajvithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Choojitr
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ruangkris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000601:surgery; D006176:Gynecology; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology