title: Microbiological characteristics of community-acquired peritonitis at Souro Sanou Teaching Hospital of Bobo Dioulasso.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe the microbiological characteristics of community-acquired peritonitis at the Souro Sanou teaching hospital of Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. This 10-month prospective study, from July 2012 through May 2013 included all cases of community-acquired peritonitis who underwent surgery at our hospital and had a pus sample taken at that time. Bacteriological analyses were performed according to the hospital laboratory's protocol. The study included 72 patients (45 men and 27 women with a sex-ratio of 1.6). Their mean age was 27.3 years (range: 14 months to 67 years). The analysis of 72 samples of pus enabled confirmation of 39 cases and led to the identification of 53 bacterial strains. The most common families were enterobacteriaceae in 58% and Gram-positive cocci in 36%. The most common enterobacteria species was Escherichia coli (47%) followed by Streptococcus species (22%). The microbiological confirmation of peritonitis was most frequent in the 20-30 year-old age group. These bacteria appeared most susceptible to gentamycin, ceftriaxone, and ciprofloxacin, while we observed resistance to amoxicillin and the combination of clavulanic acid-amoxicillin. These findings suggest that the best probabilistic antibiotic treatment for the peritonitis in our context would combine a third-generation cephalosporin with aminoglycosides, with imidazole to cover potential anaerobic bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de bactériologie, centre hospitalier universitaire Souro Sanou, 01 BP 676 Bobo Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ouédraogo
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale, centre hospitalier universitaire Souro Sanou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zaré
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, centre hospitalier universitaire Souro Sanou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Traoré
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de bactériologie, Centre hospitalier universitaire Souro Sanou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanou
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale, centre hospitalier universitaire Souro Sanou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Sanon
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, centre hospitalier universitaire Souro Sanou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ki
authors.affiliation: Service de maladies infectieuses, centre hospitalier universitaire Souro Sanou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poda
authors.affiliation: Chef de département de chirurgie, centre hospitalier universitaire Souro Sanou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kambou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002050:Burkina Faso; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Burkina Faso; antibiotherapy; microbiology; peritonitis