Publication details
Infekce v chirurgii
| Title in English | Surgical Infection |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
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| Field | Surgery incl. transplantology |
| Keywords | surgical infection |
| Description | To correlate the results for microbiological tests methods and verify whether the imprint method is more informative in comparison with the swab one. Material and method: Our study compares the results of two methods of sample collection from postoperative wounds for microbiological tests: swab samples and imprints of filter sheets on blood agar. The analysis of a swab informs us about the presence of a pathogen. However, the imprint provides the same result and moreover it also informs us about the quantitative representation of microorganisms in the analysed area. We assess the cultivation tests using both methods, the amount of leucocytes in the complete blood count, CRP and local clinical symptoms of infection. We analyze all types of early infections. |