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Thirty-two patients affected by SSTIs including DFIs were enrolled between 2013 and 2014. Superficial swab was obtained before and after cleansing with sterile saline, and after ultrasonic debridement; deep tissue biopsy was obtained from ulcer base. Samples were diluted with 1 mL of saline, serial 10-fold dilutions to 10-6 were made and 50 µL of each dilution was plated onto appropriate media. Bacteria were identified by Vitek II system. Microbial load was expressed as CFU/mL. Statistical analysis was performed by χ2. Incidence of Gram positives was higher than Gram negatives (S. aureus and P. aeruginosa being the most frequent); concordance (same bacteria isolated before and after debridement) never exceeded 60%. Ultrasonic debridement significantly reduced bacterial load or even suppressed bacterial growth. While reliability of superficial swab is poor for microbiological diagnosis of SSTIs, swabbing after ultrasonic debridement and biopsy of the ulcer base may be equally reliable.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolamento & purificação , Dermatopatias Bacterianas/diagnóstico , Infecções dos Tecidos Moles/diagnóstico , Staphylococcus aureus/isolamento & purificação , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Carga Bacteriana/efeitos da radiação , Biópsia , Desbridamento , Pé Diabético/complicações , Pé Diabético/microbiologia , Pé Diabético/terapia , Feminino , Hospitais Universitários , Humanos , Incidência , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Ambulatório Hospitalar , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/efeitos da radiação , Encaminhamento e Consulta , Dermatopatias Bacterianas/complicações , Dermatopatias Bacterianas/epidemiologia , Dermatopatias Bacterianas/microbiologia , Úlcera Cutânea/complicações , Úlcera Cutânea/microbiologia , Úlcera Cutânea/terapia , Infecções dos Tecidos Moles/complicações , Infecções dos Tecidos Moles/epidemiologia , Infecções dos Tecidos Moles/microbiologia , Staphylococcus aureus/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Staphylococcus aureus/efeitos da radiação , Ondas UltrassônicasRESUMO
The impact of infectious diseases (ID) specialist consultation in the management of many types of bacterial infections has been fully demonstrated but not for bone and joint infections (BJIs). Nineteen ID Italian centres collected of data from June 2009 to May 2012. Italian guidelines (2009) were used to determine the appropriateness of the diagnostic and therapeutic process of BJIs before and after consulting an ID specialist. Data on 311 patients were collected: 111 cases of prosthetic joint infection, 99 osteomyelitis, 64 spondylodiscitis and 37 fixation device infection. A significant increase of microbiological investigations, imaging techniques and blood inflammation markers were noted after consulting the ID specialist. Moreover, inappropriateness of treatment duration, dosage, and number of administrations significantly decreased after consultation. Infectious disease specialist intervention in the management of BJIs significantly increases the appropriateness both in performing instrumental and laboratory analysis, but especially in determining the correct therapy.
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Infecções Bacterianas/diagnóstico , Doenças Ósseas/diagnóstico , Artropatias/diagnóstico , Encaminhamento e Consulta , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Infecções Bacterianas/etiologia , Doenças Ósseas/etiologia , Doenças Ósseas/terapia , Doenças Transmissíveis , Feminino , Humanos , Itália , Artropatias/etiologia , Artropatias/terapia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Procedimentos Ortopédicos , Inquéritos e Questionários , Adulto JovemRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: Surgical infections represent an increasingly important problem for the National Health System. In this study we retrospectively evaluated the bacterial epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of the microorganisms concerned as well as the utilization of antibiotics in the General and Emergency Surgery wards of a large teaching hospital in southern Italy in the period 2011-2013. METHODS: Data concerning non-duplicate bacterial isolates and antimicrobial susceptibility were retrieved from the Vitek 2 database. The pharmacy provided data about the consumption of antibiotics in the above reported wards. Chi-square or Fisher's exact test were used. RESULTS: In all, 94 Gram-negative were isolated in 2011, 77 in 2012, and 125 in 2013, Escherichia coli, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa always being the most frequently isolated microorganisms. A. baumannii showed high rates of resistance to carbapenems (with values of 100% in 2011 and 2012) and low rates of resistance to tigecycline, colistin and amikacin. In the same years, there were respectively 105, 93, and 165 Gram-positive isolated. The rate of MRSA isolates ranged from 66% to 75% during the study period. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show no significant increase in antimicrobial resistance over the period in question, and a higher rate of both MRSA isolates and resistance to carbapenems in A. baumannii compared with other European data.