SELECTED SURGICAL DISEASE STATES WHERE MICROBIOLOGICAL EVALUATION IS ESSENTIAL

Infection caused by bacterial organisms constitutes an important problem in surgical practice. Bacteremia due to both Gram positive and Cram negative bacteria is often complicated by shock. Frequent antibiotic susceptibility tests and bacterial culture of blood, urine, body fluids, draining wounds or other sources of infection is an essential adjunct to the proper management of surgical infections which may lead to septic shock. In combination with current medical and surgical principles of septic shock therapy, two things may help to reverse the high mortality rate, making the diagnosis early enough and supporting the patient until the shock can be reversed.