Infection in the Post-Caesarean Section Surgical Wound in the Obstetric Gynecology Service

Katiuska Cecilia Garcia Mariño,Luis Antonio Gan Fong,Lourdes Margarita Exposito Boue,Edith Mercedes Arias Alvarez

doi:10.11648/j.ajcem.20210905.14

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Surgical resolution of obstetric events through cesarean section represents one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures worldwide and at the same time it has contributed to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality. However, it hasincreased the potential risks of the surgical site infections due to the colonization of microorganism. A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conductedin the Gen eral Teaching Hospital "Dr. Agostinho Neto" from June 2016 to June 2017 to characterize from epidemiology and microbiology point of view 38 patients who suffered from surgical site infections after undergoing a caesarean section. Wound swabsfor bacteriology cultures were collected from patients, resulting all of the specimens positive. The variables to be studied were age, risk factors, nature of the surgery, isolated microorganisms and patterns of antimicrobial resistance. The statistical data were analyzed using the Stadistics Program for Social Sciencs version 11.5 and they were summarized with the absolute frequencies and the percentage in two-dimensional tables. Post partum women from 21 to 26 years old who had anemia as a risk factor and who had undergone emergency cesarean sections predominated. The most common isolated microorganisms were Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii. A clear multi-resistance to antimicrobials was obtained. It was concluded that modifiable, avoidable and controllable risk factors as well as the identification of bacterium with patterns of multi-resistance to antimicrobials must be under strict and permanent epidemiology and microbiology surveillance.

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Surgical resolution of obstetric events through cesarean section represents one of the most important advances in contemporary perinatal medicine and it has had an extraordinary impact on reducing maternal and perinatal mortality
[2] Patients who developed a surgical wound infection are 60.0% more likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit, five times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital, and twice as likely
Wound in the Obstetric Gynecology Service to die as patients without Surgical wound infection

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Surgical resolution of obstetric events through cesarean section represents one of the most important advances in contemporary perinatal medicine and it has had an extraordinary impact on reducing maternal and perinatal mortality. [1] Gram-positive microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus, haemolyticus, and coagulase-negative staphylococci and Gram-negative such as Escherichia coli are the most common in post-caesarean section infection of the surgical site. Katiuska Cecilia Garcia Mariño et al.: Infection in the Post-Caesarean Section Surgical. Wound in the Obstetric Gynecology Service to die as patients without Surgical wound infection. The increasing of Caesarean Section (CS) wound infections was the main reason that encouraged us to develop this research. The objective of this research was focused on an epidemiology and microbiology study of patients who suffered from infection in the surgical wound post cesarean section in the Gynecology and Obstetrics services of the General Teaching Hospital "Dr Agostinho Neto", from June 2016 to June 2017 Surgical Site Infection (SSI) as a result of cesarean section is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAI) worldwide, which has been increasing due to the virulence and pathogenicity of the bacterial strains that increases antimicrobial resistance, as well as the number of patients with more serious pathologies. [1] Gram-positive microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus, haemolyticus, and coagulase-negative staphylococci and Gram-negative such as Escherichia coli are the most common in post-caesarean section infection of the surgical site. [2, 3]

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