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. 1979 Feb;32(2):143-7.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.32.2.143.

Anaerobic organisms in postoperative wounds

P J Sanderson, M W Wren, A W Baldwin

Anaerobic organisms in postoperative wounds

P J Sanderson et al. J Clin Pathol. 1979 Feb.

Abstract

A survey of the bacteria found in postoperative wounds was undertaken during a 14-month period. The yields of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in 65 appendicectomy wounds were compared; 42 wounds yielded aerobes and 51 anaerobes. Seventy-eight other operation wounds yielded anaerobes, and, overall, 33 wounds yielded anaerobes only. Bacteroides sp were the most common anaerobic organisms isolated from all operation sites except the lung.

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