title: [Severe surgical infection with no information in terms of bacteria].
abstract: The incidence of bacteria caused postoperative infections was performed at the timing when bacteria or fungi is not yet detected. This period is important for management of postoperative infections. MRSA, E. faecalis, P. aeruginosa and fungi were detected with high frequency irrespective of the surgical area. After the operation of esophageal cancer, the most frequent infection was postoperative pneumonia, and the isolated bacteria was P. aeruginosa frequently. In the cases of gastric cancer, hepato-biliary-pancreas cancer and colorectal cancer, intraabdominal sepsis was the highest incidence, and the isolated bacteria was E. faecalis. In terms of intravenous catheter infection, fungus was common. Thus, it may suggest that we can identify the bacteria caused, and the management for postoperative infections was performed appropriately by using the antibiotics which have the sensitive against the expected pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishimoto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hirokawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery