[Bacteria isolated from surgical infections and its susceptibilities to antimicrobial agents--special references to bacteria isolated between April 2001 and March 2002].
Isolated bacteria from infections in general surgery during the period from April 2001 to March 2002 were investigated in a multicenter study in Japan, and the following results were obtained. In this series, four hundred and twenty strains were isolated from 175 (79.2%) of 221 patients with surgical infections. One hundred and eighty-six strains were isolated from primary infections, and 234 strains were isolated from postoperative infections. From primary infections, anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria were predominant, while from postoperative infections, aerobic Gram-positive bacteria were predominant. Among aerobic Gram-positive bacteria, although the isolation rate of Staphylococcus aureus was the highest, followed by that of Enterococcus faecalis from primary infections, the isolation rate of E. faecalis was the highest from postoperative infections. Among anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria, the isolation rate of Peptostreptococcus spp. was the highest from both types of infections. Among aerobic Gram-negative bacteria, Escherichia coli was the most predominantly isolated from primary infections, followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in this order, and from postoperative infections, P. aeruginosa was the most predominantly isolated, followed by Enterobacter spp., E. coli and Klebsiella spp. Among anaerobic Gram-negative bacteria, the isolation rate of Bacteroides fragilis group was the highest from both types of infections. The isolation rate of aerobic Gram-negative bacteria from primary infections and that of aerobic Gram-positive bacteria from postoperative infections were high in the last several years. We noticed no vancomycin-resistant Gram-positive cocci.
Shinagawa
Nagao
N
Department of Surgery, Nagoya Midori Municipal Hospital.
Aikawa
Naoki
N
Sekine
Kazuhiko
K
Hirata
Koichi
K
Katsuramaki
Tadashi
T
Iwai
Shigetomi
S
Kato
Koumei
K
Mukaiya
Mitsuhiro
M
Ushijima
Yasuhide
Y
Sato
Takeshi
T
Yura
Jiro
J
Ohnishi
Hironobu
H
Maeda
Tsunehiro
T
Manabe
Tadao
T
Takeyama
Hiromitsu
H
Tanaka
Noriaki
N
Iwagaki
Hiromi
H
Hasegawa
Masamitsu
M
Taniguchi
Masaaki
M
Fuchimoto
Sadayoshi
S
Inoue
Fumiyuki
F
Mashita
Keiji
K
Kimura
Hideyuki
H
Ishikawa
Syu
S
Konaga
Eiji
E
Takeuchi
Hitoshi
H
Mizuno
Akira
A
Sueda
Taijiro
T
Takesue
Yoshio
Y
Kinoshita
Hiroaki
H
Morimoto
Ken
K
Yokoyama
Takashi
T
Hiyama
Eizo
E
Fujimoto
Mikio
M
Ikeda
Seiyo
S
Yasunami
Yoichi
Y
Tanimura
Hiroshi
H
Suzuki
Yumiko
Y
Nakane
Yutaka
Y
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006088:Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D013997:Time Factors
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents