title: [Incidence and sensitivity to antibiotics of germs isolated from surgical wound infections].
abstract: We studied 119 bacterial strains isolated from postoperative infected wounds. All these strains were considered to be strains that derived from the same number of nosocomial infections, all the postoperative infections of the wounds being nosocomial infections. Regarding their frequency, we isolated the following strains: E. coli--68 strains (57%), S. aureus--37 strains (31%), Pseudomonas spp.--9 strains (8%) and Proteus spp.--5 strains (4%). We performed the bacteriological study of these strains and some correlations between them and the surgical diagnosis. In order to help the surgical therapy of the overinfected wounds, we tested the drug sensitivity of all these strains. The results regarding the drug sensitivity show that these strains have different types of resistance to antibiotics, the Pseudomonas strains being the most resistant. We noticed a continuous decrease of the sensitivity of the isolated strains to certain antimicrobial drugs, and this focuses the attention on the necessity of monitoring the antibiotic prescriptions in hospitals. Taking into account the results obtained after this study, we should reconsider the concept of nosocomial infections control through prevention activities, in order to reduce the incidence and to identify the potential causes that can lead to nosocomial infections.
authors.affiliation: U. M. F. Victor Babeş Timişoara.
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berceanu Văduva
authors.forename: Roxana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moldovan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dumitraşcu
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muntean
authors.forename: Luminiţa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bădiţoiu
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Licker
authors.forename: Mihaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crăciunescu
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dan
authors.forename: Dorina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Branea
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hogea
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amăricăi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Horhat
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grigoraş
authors.forename: Mihaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Popa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berceanu Văduva
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011511:Proteus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents