title: Postoperative wound infections.
abstract: A prospective study of postoperative wound infection was carried out over a two year period in Cumhuriyet University Medicine Faculty Hospital in Sivas, Turkey. Examination of wounds, with cultures of all suspicious wounds using standard bacteriological methods was performed. Of a total of 4146 surgical wounds, 188 (4.53%), became infected. High infection rates were noted after colon resection (32.1%), gastric and oesophageal operations (21.1%), cholesystectomy (17.2%), and splenectomy (10.2%). Low infection rates were noted after thyroidectomy, mastectomy, caesarean section and abdominal hysterectomy. The commonest causative organisms were coagulase-negative staphylococci 21.7%, Staphylococcus aureus 19.7%, Escherichia coli 19.7%, Enterobacter spp. 17.6%, and Pseudomonas spp. 10.7%.
authors.affiliation: Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Yalçin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakir
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bakici
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dökmetas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sabir
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology