Medical Management of Post-Operative Abdominal Infection: A Case of Well Management and Appropriate Medications

Intra-abdominal infections are the most complicated infections to diagnose and treatment. A successful outcome depends upon early diagnosis, rapid, appropriate surgical intervention and also the selection of most appropriate antibiotics [1]. The tertiary infections are relatively new term which is referring to those patients who require more than one operation for infection source control [2]. Complicated intra-abdominal infection is a common problem with appendicitis alone affecting about 300,000 patients per year and consuming more than one million hospital days. Intra abdominal infection is the second most common cause of infectious mortality in the intensive care unit. The requirement for intervention in most cases and the controversies surrounding the choice and nature of the procedure performed has added another layer of complexity to the management of these patients [3]. The possible complications for abdominal infections include the return of the abscess, rupture of an abscess, spread of the infection to the bloodstream (sepsis), widespread infection in the abdomen [4].