Abstract

FRIAS CHANG, Norla Virgen et al. Infection of the postcesarean section surgical site. MEDISAN [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.5, pp.596-603. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 21 newly-delivered woman undergoing cesarean section, with infection of the surgical place, admitted to Dr. "Nelia Irma Delfín Ripoll" Ginecoobstetric Hospital in Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba, was carried out from October, 2014 to the same month in 2015, in order to characterize them according to selected variables. In the series the 20-29 age group, anemia (66.6%) and obesity (42.8%) prevailed as main risk factors, the polluted clean urgent surgery (76.1%), as well as the Staphylococcus aureus and the Escherichia coli as the isolated germs; also, combinations of first line antibiotics were used with favorable results in all the patients. It was concluded that the presence of risk factors and the identification of bacterias as important causal agents, demands maintaining a permanent epidemiologic surveillance to diminish the infection in these patients

Keywords : newly-delivered woman; cesarean section; post operatory infection; infection of the surgical site; antibiotic therapy.

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