5 Surgical infection

ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT OF SURGICAL INFECTION Principles Antimicrobials may be used to prevent or...

ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT OF SURGICAL INFECTION Principles Antimicrobials may be used to prevent or...

Discovery of antibiotics The concept of a ‘magic bullet’ ( Zauberkugel ) that could kill microbe...

FURTHER READING Fraise AP , Bradley C. Ayli ff e’s control of healthcare associated infection: a ...

HISTORY OF SURGICAL INFECTION Background Surgical infections have always been a major complicatio...

INFECTION Preoperative preparation A short preoperative hospital stay lowers the risk of acquiri...

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Koch’s postulates An understanding of the causes of infection came in the nine - teenth century...

Learning objectives To understand: The characteristics of the common surgical pathogens • and the...

MICROBIOLOGY OF SURGICAL INFECTION Common bacteria involved in surgical infections Streptococci S...

MICROBIOLOGY OF SURGICAL INFECTION Common bacteria involved in surgical infections Streptococci S...

Misuse of antibiotic therapy with the risk of resistance Many staphylococci today have become res...

Misuse of antibiotic therapy with the risk of resistance Many staphylococci today have become res...

PRESENTATION OF SURGICAL INFECTION Major and minor surgical site infection (SSI) Infection acquir...

PRESENTATION OF SURGICAL INFECTION Major and minor surgical site infection (SSI) Infection acquir...

Postoperative wound infections The majority of wound infections arise from endogenous sources wi...

Prophylactic antibiotics Prophylactic antibiotics are used when there is a risk of wound contami...

Reduced resistance to infection Reduced resistance to infection has several causes, particularly ...

Sources of infection The infection of a wound can be defined as the invasion of - organisms into...

Systemic infection Bacteraemia Bacteraemia is unusual following superficial SSIs, which tend to dr...

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a systemi...

The decisive period There is up to a 4-hour interval before bacterial growth becomes established ...

Viral infections relevant to surgery Hepatitis Both hepatitis B and hepatitis C carry risks in su...

prophylaxis of surgical infection Antimicrobials may be produced by living organisms (anti - - bi...