Bacteria: a major pathogenic factor for anastomotic insufficiency
- 1 November 1994
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 38 (11), 2564-2567
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.38.11.2564
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the influence of bacteria on the development of anastomotic insufficiency following gastrectomy in the rat. Fifty-seven male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to three groups and subjected to gastrectomy. Group I (n = 20) was orally inoculated with 10(9) Pseudomonas aeroginosa organisms on postoperative day 1. Group II (n = 20) served as the control group. Group III (n = 17) was decontaminated with 320 mg of tobramycin, 400 mg of polymyxin B, and 500 mg of vancomycin per liter of fluid administered from preoperative day 7 to postoperative day 10. Swabs from the oropharynx and rectum were cultured and analyzed daily for gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Surviving animals were sacrificed on postoperative day 10. All animals were autopsied immediately following death. Anastomotic insufficiency was defined as a histologically proven transmural defect at the suture line. Along with an effective reduction of pathogenic bacteria colonizing the oropharynx, the rate of anastomotic insufficiency could be reduced significantly, to 6% in decontaminated animals compared with 80% in controls (P < 0.001 by Fisher's exact test). Inoculation of group I animals with P. aeruginosa led to an increase of anastomotic insufficiency up to 95% and a significant increase in mortality (P < 0.05). We conclude that bacteria play a major role in the pathogenesis of anastomotic insufficiency following gastrectomy in the rat.Keywords
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