cefoxitin and Esophageal-Diseases

Infections after oesophageal surgery are studied on sixty patients who received perioperatively two antibiotics (cefoxitin and amikacin). Postoperative infection rate is 62% (pneumopathies: 27%, leakage of cervical anastomoses: 17%). Different parameters which can induce postoperative infection are analyzed. The only significative data are the duration of total parenteral nutrition and of intensive care stay. The commonest isolated organisms are gram negative bacilli (61%) and streptococci (30%). Yeasts infections are frequent, and significantly correlated with antibiotic treatment duration.

Topics: Aged; Amikacin; Bacterial Infections; Cefoxitin; Esophageal Diseases; Female; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Humans; Lung Diseases; Male; Middle Aged; Parenteral Nutrition; Postoperative Complications; Premedication; Prospective Studies; Urinary Tract Infections