ISSN: 1859 - 2872
Diagnosis and treatment features of thirteen gas-forming infection patients at 108 Military Central Hospital, 1/2016 - 3/2020
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Objective: To describe the diagnosis and treatment characteristics of gas-forming infection. Subject and method: Retrospective study of 13 gas-forming infection patients hospitalized in 108 Military Central Hospital from January, 2016 to March, 2020. Aerobes and anaerobes culture as well as realtime-PCR were performed to detect pathogen in patient’s blood and infected fluids. Result and conclusion: The primary infection of gas-forming infection was diverse, of which lower extremity (53.84%) was predominant, with variable detected etiologies, including: E. coli (5/13), K. pneumoniae (2/13), Streptococus anginosus (1/13), Staphylococcus aureus (1/13), Enterococcus sp. (1/13), Bacteroides sp. (1/13) and Fusobacterium sp. (1/13). Early treament with broad-spectrum antibiotic and surgery as soon as detection of gas-performing infection cured 8/13 cases (61.54%). Therefore, it’s mandatory to improve the quality of pathogen diagnostic tests and treatment for gas-forming infection.
Keywords: Sepsis, anaerobic, Clostridium, gas gangrene, gas-forming infection.
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