Infection-associated Factors of Peritoneal Cavity Infection by Enterococcus / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To study the role of Enterococcus in peritoneal cavity infection and the infection -associated factors, by which the prophylactic measures are put forward. METHODS The role of Enterococcus in peritoneal cavity infection and the infection-associated factors were discussed with the analysis of the investigated 33 cases with the peritoneal cavity infection by Enterococcus. RESULTS The peritoneal cavity infection was mainly caused by Enterococcus faecalis, for which penicillin and ampicillin were the first choice of empirical therapy. For regime of the combination use of antibiotics might be feasible for the infection caused by the speeics with unshowed high-level resistance to aminoglycosides. Many related risk factors on peritoneal infection caused by Enterococcus were included such as the colonization of the drug resistant strain of Enterococcus promoted by cephalosporins Ⅲ and the abuse of large amount of antibiotics as a selective pressure on the resistant strain. CONCLUSIONS Much attention should be paid on the role of Enterococcus in peritoneal infection clinically. The effective therapy is associated with the eradication of the pathogen. and the better control measures against infection.