ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to describe the microbiological characteristics of community-acquired peritonitis at the Souro Sanou teaching hospital of Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. This 10-month prospective study, from July 2012 through May 2013 included all cases of community-acquired peritonitis who underwent surgery at our hospital and had a pus sample taken at that time. Bacteriological analyses were performed according to the hospital laboratory's protocol. The study included 72 patients (45 men and 27 women with a sex-ratio of 1.6). Their mean age was 27.3 years (range: 14 months to 67 years). The analysis of 72 samples of pus enabled confirmation of 39 cases and led to the identification of 53 bacterial strains. The most common families were enterobacteriaceae in 58% and Gram-positive cocci in 36%. The most common enterobacteria species was Escherichia coli (47%) followed by Streptococcus species (22%). The microbiological confirmation of peritonitis was most frequent in the 20-30 year-old age group. These bacteria appeared most susceptible to gentamycin, ceftriaxone, and ciprofloxacin, while we observed resistance to amoxicillin and the combination of clavulanic acid-amoxicillin. These findings suggest that the best probabilistic antibiotic treatment for the peritonitis in our context would combine a third-generation cephalosporin with aminoglycosides, with imidazole to cover potential anaerobic bacteria.
