[Antimicrobial chemotherapy in patients with pyo-septic diseases in intensive care units]

Khirurgiia (Mosk). 1999:(10):29-34.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The analysis of the treatment of 900 patients with large festered wounds of various genesis and location for the period from 1973 to 1998 years in the intensive care department has shown, that infection of respiratory ways is encountered in 30% of cases (in patients with nonsporeforming anaerobic bacteria--in 11-12%), bacteriuria--in 70-80%, bacteriamia--in 75% of patients with sepsis. In acute pyogenous diseases of soft tissues microbes from the wounds in monoculture were isolated out in 83.3% of cases, associations of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria--in 16.7%, in chronic pyogenous diseases of soft tissues--in 60 and 40% of cases, respectively. In sepsis associations of gram-positive and gram-negative microbes were isolated in 55.6% of cases. Most often (91%) pathogenic staphylococcus was found in hemocultures. Uring in 62% of cases contained association of gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms, in sputum gram-positive microflora in monoculture (69%) prevailed. In the group of patients with peritonitis, phlegmon of the anterior abdominal wall, diabetic phlegmon and gangrene, crush syndrome the association of anaerobic and aerobic microflora (from 57.1 to 98.8%) prevailed in the wounds. Application of up-to-date antimicrobial means in the intensive care unit resulted in a decrease of mortality rate in sepsis and complicated course of wound infection up to 23%, and in anaerobic nonsporeforming infection--up to 15%.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Bacterial Infections / mortality
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sepsis / drug therapy*
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Sepsis / mortality
  • Suppuration
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents