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. 2000 Feb;38(2):918-22.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.2.918-922.2000.

Epidemiology and microbiology of surgical wound infections

A Giacometti  1 , O Cirioni, A M Schimizzi, M S Del Prete, F Barchiesi, M M D'Errico, E Petrelli, G Scalise
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Epidemiology and microbiology of surgical wound infections

A Giacometti et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Feb.

Abstract

This study included 676 surgery patients with signs and symptoms indicative of wound infections, who presented over the course of 6 years. Bacterial pathogens were isolated from 614 individuals. A single etiologic agent was identified in 271 patients, multiple agents were found in 343, and no agent was identified in 62. A high preponderance of aerobic bacteria was observed. Among the common pathogens were Staphylococcus aureus (191 patients, 28.2%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (170 patients, 25.2%), Escherichia coli (53 patients, 7.8%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (48 patients, 7.1%), and Enterococcus faecalis (38 patients, 5.6%).

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