Postpartum anaerobic wound infection

Prevalence and clinical significance of postpartum endometritis and wound infection.

OBJECTIVE To correlate clinical variables (gestational age, severe pregnancy-induced hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, history of previous cesarean sections, fetal distress, perinatal mortality, postpartum anemia, Apgar score < or = 3 at 1 minute and < or = 7 at 5 minutes, and instrumental delivery) with postpartum endometritis (PPE) and wound infection. METHODS Descriptive cross-s...

Anaerobic vs. wound

Anaerobic culture is especially indicated when an exudate has a foul odor or if the. In open wounds, anaerobic organisms may play an etiologic role, whereas . Anaerobic infections are caused by anaerobic bacteria. Obligately anaerobic bacteria do not. . Polymicrobial postoperative wound infections can occur. Bacteria that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen (anaerobic) usually are found in de...

Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Preventing Postpartum Infection

بحث بر روی کاربرد پروفیلاکسی آنتی بیوتیک ها در مامائی، در اواخر سال ۱۹۴۰ شروع شد و تجویز پروفیلاکسی پنی سیلین به تمام بیماران در لیبر باعث کاهش شیوع تب از ۶/۳ به ۴/۲٪ می شود. ولی هرگز آنتی بیوتیک پروفیلاکسی بطور عمومی مورد قبول واقع نشد. بدلیل اینکه اولا شیوع عمومی عفونت، پائین است و عفونتها بندرت شدید می شوند، بطوریکه بیش از ۹۵ تا ۹۷ بیماران احتیاج به آنتی بیوتیک پیدا نمی کنند. شاید، تجویز غیر...

Wound Infection

Recovery of anaerobic bacteria from four children with postthoracotomy sternal wound infection.

The cases of 4 children who developed postthoracotomy sternal wound infection caused by anaerobic bacteria are presented. The predominate anaerobes were Peptostreptococcus species and pigmented Prevotella species. Polymicrobial infection was present in all cases, and aerobic bacteria also were recovered in 2 instances. All patients responded to surgical debridement and antimicrobials effective ...