Table 2: Surgical site infections.

Type Microbe Treatment
Superficial (n = 8) Rare Corynebacterium/Alpha Hemolytic Strep and Veilonella spp Gram neg anaerobic cocci Bedside wound care and antibiotics
VRE/Gm- Rods/E. Cloacae Bedside wound care and antibiotics
E. coli Bedside wound care and antibiotics
Enterobacter/Coag Neg Staph Antibiotics
Proteus mirabilis Antibiotics
S. aureus Bedside wound care and antibiotics
Culture negative symptomatic infection Empiric antibiotics
Rare E fecium, few Coag Negative Staph Antibiotics
Deep (n = 4) Klebsiella/Pseudomonas IR drainage and antibiotics
Pseudomonas/Gm + Cocci/Entercobacter Operative wound debridement and antibiotics
Pseudomonas/Corynebacterium spp, /Enterococcus Operative wound debridement and antibiotics
MRSA Operative wound debridement and antibiotics
Organ Space (n = 12) Culture negative symptomatic abdominal fluid collection IR drainage
pl fluid S. epidermidis and S. capitis IR drainage and antibiotics
Pseudomonas/Gm- Rods Laparotomy for repair of bowel perforation and antibiotics
Rare Coag Negative Staph Re-laparotomy for evacuation of hematoma and antibiotics
Candida tropicalis IR drainage and antifungals
Enterococcus faecium Laparotomy and antibiotics
E. faecalis/Gm- + rods IR drainage and antibiotics
VRE and multidrug resistant K pneumonia Paracentesis and antibiotics
C. albicans, C. glabrata Paracentesis and antifungals
VRE/Gm + Cocci IR drainage, endoscopic stent for biliary stricture and antibiotics
Cryptococcus IR drainage and antifungals
Fever and abdominal fluid collection (no culture) Empiric antibiotics