Incidencia de infecciones asociadas a la incisión quirúrgica y de sus agentes causales en pacientes sometidas a histerectomía

Abstract

Abstract: Surgical site infections are one of the currently prevalent complications despite advances in prophylactic techniques and methods. Objective: To describe the most recent biomedical scientific information on the incidence of infections associated with the surgical incision and its causal agents in patients undergoing hysterectomy. Methodology: The present work is a bibliographic review that is based on the search for scientific articles corresponding to the research topic and that answer the question of the same. This research question is based on the PICO strategy. Conclusions: The incidence of surgical site infection is low but still prevalent today and is more related to abdominal hysterectomies presenting as cellulitis. However, organ space infection remains the second most common type of infection in this type of patient. The most frequent causal agent related to surgical wound infections in patients undergoing hysterectomy were gram negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli, and gram positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and, to a lesser extent, fungi such as Candida albicans.