title: [Urinary infections with hospital germs in general surgery].
abstract: Nosocomial urinary tract infection is the most common type of sepsis in the post-surgical patient. This paper presents our experience with 218 nosocomial urinary infections (34.93% of our postoperative infections) which complicated the postoperative course of 1002 (21.75%) urethral catheterized patients out of a total of 5950 (3.6%) operated on and under study individuals. Thus we found that urethral catheterization is the most important risk factor for post-surgery urinary infections. Moreover, in our series the postoperative urinary tract sepsis bacteriology is dominated (> 95% of cases) by aerobic gram-negative bacilli that mainly reside in the bowel and also commonly colonize the perineum. Furthermore, we demonstrated that post-surgical urinary infections did not influence directly death rate but they had a significant bearing on care costs. Finally we consider the prevention of postoperative nosocomial urinary tract sepsis as an essential principle of this condition management.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Chirurgie generală, Spitalul CFR Craiova.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vasile
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mogoş
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Păun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Păun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Florescu
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014521:Urethra; D001743:Urinary Bladder; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Infecţii urinare cu germeni de spital în chirurgia generală.