Bacterial distribution in secretions of post-traumatic patients with infections and the drug treatment / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the bacterial distribution of secretions in post-traumatic cases with bone infections and summarize the drug treatments in practice, thus to provide reference for treatment of bone infections. METHODS: The clinical data of traumatic patients with positive secretion cultures were collected from January to October in 2012. RESULTS: Eighty-one cases of positive secretion cultures were selected, of whom 57 (70.37%) patients had single bacteria infection, 24 (29.62%) cases had mixed infections. Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase-negative staphylococci, enterobacter cloacae, escherichia coli and pseudomonas aeruginosa were common pathogens. All the patients underwent surgical treatment and intravenous antibiotic therapy during hospitalization. Nineteen cases were implanted with antibiotic bone cement and 2 cases received local lavation. CONCLUSION: Post-traumatic bone infections are mostly caused by single bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria. Topical antibiotic bone cement treatment has become an effective treatment for bone infections.