Relationship Between Urinary Tract Infection and Urological Surgical Site Infections
- VernacularTitle:泌尿系感染与手术切口感染相关性分析
- Author:
Linyang YE
;
Maohu LIN
;
Hualiang YU
;
Xiaoying ZHU
;
Rui MIAO
;
Ning JIA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Urinary tract infection(UTI);
Surgical site;
Sungical wound;
Perioperative period
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2006;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship between urinary tract infection(UTI) and urological surgical site infections(SSI).METHODS The surgical site infections of 115 patients underwent urological operations were observed.Patients were screened for the presence of UTI before the operation and subcutaneous swabs for culture were collected at the end of the operation by brushing with a sterile cotton-swab just before skin closure.The resistance and similarity of the isolates were analyzed by antimicrobial susceptibility test and pulsed field gel electrophoresis(PFGE).RESULTS Surgical site infection occurred in 14 of 115 patients.The isolates from infected surgical sites showed higher resistance to antimicrobial agents than those from non-infected surgical sites(P
