Anaerobic organisms in postoperative wounds.
Open Access
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 32 (2) , 143-147
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.32.2.143
Abstract
A survey of the bacteria found in postoperative wounds was undertaken during a 14-month period. The yields of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in 65 appendicectomy wounds were compared; 42 wounds yielded aerobes and 51 anaerobes. Seventy-eight other operation wounds yielded anaerobes, and, overall, 33 wounds yielded anaerobes only. Bacteroides sp were the most common anaerobic organisms isolated from all operation sites except the lung.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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