Table 2.
Distribution of microbial isolates in relation to type of surgical procedure
| Procedure performed | Total n = 4577 | SSI n = 438 |
E. coli n = 139 |
Pseudomonas spp. n = 49 |
Klebsiella spp. n = 35 |
A. baumannii n = 23 |
Proteus spp. n = 21 |
Enterobacter spp. n = 11 |
S. aureus n = 33 |
CoNS n = 27 |
Others n = 14 |
No growth n = 55 | No samples n = 56 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gastrointestinal + other abdominal surgery | 1646 | 253 | 117 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 33 | 33 |
| Hernia + scrotal surgery | 866 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Breast surgery | 907 | 49 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Limb amputation | 157 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Genitourinary tract + prostate surgery | 140 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Other soft tissue surgery | 554 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Thyroid surgery | 307 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
SSI surgical site infections
CoNS include S. haemolyticus and S. epidermidis and S. lugdunensis. Other microbial isolates include Corynebacterium spp., C. albicans, Achromobacter spp., S. maltophilia, P. stuartii, A. faecalis and M. morganii