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1571435

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
Bacteria recovered from appendiceal specimens from 20 patients with acute appendicitis were compared with those recovered from 19 patients with complicated (gangrenous or perforative) appendicitis. Specimens of both peritoneal fluid and appendiceal tissue from patients with acute appendicitis yielded smaller numbers and fewer species of bacteria in culture than did specimens from patients with more complicated disease (2.3 strains per specimen for the former; 9.9 strains per specimen for the latter). Bacteria were recovered from all 13 cultures of specimens of appendiceal tissue and from 13 of 18 cultures of specimens of peritoneal fluid obtained from patients with gangrenous and perforative appendicitis; however, only eight of 17 cultures of appendiceal specimens and seven of 18 cultures of peritoneal fluid specimens from patients with acute appendicitis yielded bacteria. These findings suggest that some bacteria traverse the intact appendiceal wall prior to perforation and that progressive infection and subsequent tissue damage and necrosis allow larger numbers and varieties of bacteria to move through appendiceal wall tissue and into the peritoneal cavity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1058-4838
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
227-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
A microbiological comparison between acute and complicated appendicitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't