Obtaining a wound culture specimen

Nursing ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Rushing
Keyword(s):  
Wound Culture ◽  
Culture Specimen

OBTAINING AN AEROBIC WOUND CULTURE SPECIMEN

Nursing ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDWINA A. McCONNELL
Keyword(s):  
Wound Culture ◽  
Culture Specimen

Group B and F Beta Streptococcus Necrotizing Infection–Surgical Challenges with a Deep Central Plantar Space Abscess

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason M. Mendivil ◽  
David Jolley ◽  
Jodi Walters ◽  
Jim Dancho ◽  
Billy Martin
Keyword(s):  
Daily Living ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Lateral Aspect ◽  
Wound Culture ◽  
Necrotizing Infection ◽  
Deep Wound ◽  
Foot Function ◽  
Transmetatarsal Amputation ◽  
Group B

We present the case of a 66-year-old, type II diabetic male with a deep wound to the plantar-lateral aspect of his right hallux. On examination, the central plantar compartment of his right foot was moderately erythematous and tender on palpation. After obtaining a deep wound culture, treatment was complicated by a progression of a group B and F beta streptococcus, necrotizing infection. The patient underwent a right hallux amputation, followed by a plantar medial incision for drainage of an abscess to the medial and central plantar compartments of the foot. Due to the extent and limb threat of the infection, the patient ultimately underwent a transmetatarsal amputation. Advanced healing modalities were also employed to decrease wound healing times, which allowed the patient to achieve early weightbearing and return to activities of daily living. This study depicts how the astute podiatric surgeon needs to make a decision in a timely manner to surgically debride all nonviable and necrotic tissue in order to minimize further amputation and preserve foot function.

scholarly journals Association Between Diabetic Foot Infection Wound Culture Positivity and 1-Year Admission for Invasive Infection: A Multi-Center Cohort Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Westyn Branch-Elliman ◽  
Daniel Sturgeon ◽  
Adolf W Karchmer ◽  
Hillary J Mull
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Systemic Infection ◽  
Causative Organism ◽  
Invasive Infection ◽  
Diabetic Foot Ulcers ◽  
Diabetic Foot Infections ◽  
Culture Positivity ◽  
Wound Culture ◽  
Culture Positive ◽  
Culture Negative

Abstract Inpatients with culture-positive diabetic foot infections are at elevated risk for subsequent invasive infection with the same causative organism. In outpatients with index diabetic foot ulcers, we found that wound culture positivity was independently associated with increased odds of 1-year admission for systemic infection when compared to culture-negative wounds.

scholarly journals Septic Pulmonary Embolism: three Case Reports

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Celebi Sözener ◽  
A. Kaya ◽  
C. Atasoy ◽  
M. Kılıckap ◽  
N. Numanoglu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Embolism ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Pleuritic Chest Pain ◽  
Radiological Findings ◽  
Wound Culture ◽  
Septic Embolism ◽  
First Case ◽  
Septic Pulmonary Embolism ◽  
Fever Response ◽  
Valve Operation

We present three cases of septic pulmonary embolism which occurred as a result of three different causes. The first case, was a 23 year old woman suffering from cough, sputum, hemopthisis and pleuritic chest pain. She had a right subclavian port. On her thorax computed tomography (CT) scans there were widespread bilateral, irregular parenchymal nodular infiltrates and some of them beginning to cavitate. Meticilin resistant stafilococus aureus (MRSA) was isolated from the blood culture and septic embolism was diagnosed. A month after antibiotic theraphy her parenchymal nodules have considerably decreased in size. The second case was a 40 year old woman admitted to our hospital with the same complaints. Her radiological findings were similar. Meticilin sensitive stafilococus aureus (MSSA) was isolated from the blood cultures and antibiotic theraphy was initiated. To investigate the etiology of the nodules due to septic embolism, echocardiography was performed and infective endocarditis was diagnosed. After the antibiotic theraphy and a tricuspid valve operation her parenchymal nodules disappeared. The final case involved a 51 year old man suffering from fever, fatigue, cough and pain in the left arm for one week. His general status was bad. His radiological findings were also similar to the others. Staphillococcus aureus was isolated from blood and wound culture. Following clinical and radiological findings we thought it was a case of septic pulmonary embolism and antibiotic theraphy was started. Despite the therapy we did not take fever response and he died five days after antibiotic therapy. In conclusion, septic pulmonary embolism should be considered in bilateral cavitary nodular infiltrates and must be managed fast.

scholarly journals Use of Diagnosis Codes and/or Wound Culture Results for Surveillance of Surgical Site Infection after Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (05) ◽  
pp. 544-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret A. Olsen ◽  
Victoria J. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Site Infection ◽  
Claims Data ◽  
Breast Surgery ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Site Infection ◽  
Wound Culture ◽  
Diagnosis Codes ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Major Breast

We compared surveillance of surgical site infection (SSI) after major breast surgery by using a combination of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification diagnosis codes and microbiology-based surveillance. The sensitivity of the coding algorithm for identification of SSI was 87.5%, and the sensitivity of wound culture for identification of SSI was 78.1%. Our results suggest that SSI surveillance can be reliably performed using claims data.

scholarly journals What’s the deal with ‘websleuthing’? News media representations of amateur detectives in networked spaces

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Yardley ◽  
Adam George Thomas Lynes ◽  
David Wilson ◽  
Emma Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Wound Culture ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
True Crime

This article explores websleuthing, a phenomenon widely discussed and debated in popular culture but little-researched by criminologists. Drawing upon a review of existing literature and analysis of news media representations, we argue that websleuthing is much more diverse than previously thought. Encompassing a wide range of motives, manifestations, activities, networked spaces and cases, websleuthing has a variety of impacts upon victims, secondary victims, suspects, criminal justice organisations and websleuths themselves. We conclude that websleuthing is the embodiment of true crime infotainment in a ‘wound culture’ (Seltzer, 2007, 2008) and as such, is deserving of more criminological scrutiny than has been the case to date.

scholarly journals Aspergillus Otomycosis in an Immunocompromised Patient

2008 ◽  
Vol 87 (11) ◽  
pp. 622-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L. Rutt ◽  
Robert T. Sataloff
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Aspergillus Niger ◽  
Tympanic Membrane ◽  
Filamentous Fungus ◽  
Immunocompromised Patient ◽  
Bone Infection ◽  
Immunocompromised Patients ◽  
Ear Canal ◽  
Treatment Regimens ◽  
Culture Specimen

Aspergillus niger, an opportunistic filamentous fungus, was identified as the cause of chronic unilateral otomycosis in a 55-year old, immunocompromised man who had been unresponsive to a variety of treatment regimens. The patient presented with intermittent otalgia and otorrhea and with a perforation of his left tympanic membrane. A niger was identified in a culture specimen obtained from the patient's left ear canal. In immunocompromised patients, it is important that the treatment of otomycosis be prompt and vigorous, to minimize the likelihood of hearing loss and invasive temporal bone infection.

Wound Culture Utility in Negative Surgical Exploration for Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (10) ◽  
pp. 1175-1178
Author(s):  
Erin C. Howell ◽  
Jessica A. Keeley ◽  
Alexis L. Woods ◽  
Amy H. Kaji ◽  
Molly R. Deane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Group A Streptococcus ◽  
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection ◽  
Management Culture ◽  
Wound Culture ◽  
Deep Wound ◽  
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections ◽  
Group A ◽  
Early Surgical Intervention

Early surgical intervention decreases mortality in necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs). Yet, a subset of patients will not have NSTIs (non-NSTIs) at the time of exploration. We hypothesized that NSTI and non-NSTI patients had similar causative organisms and that intraoperative wound cultures could help guide management. Culture results and outcomes were compared for all patients undergoing surgery for suspected NSTIs over a seven-year-period. Of 295 patients, 240 (81.4%) had NSTIs. Of the 55 non-NSTI patients (18.6%), 50 had cellulitis and 5 had abscesses. NSTI and non-NSTI patients had similar rates of bacteremia (20.4% vs 17.6%, P = 0.66), septic shock (15.9% vs 12.7%, P = 0.68), and mortality (10.4% vs 7.2%, P = 0.62). Wound cultures were collected more often in NSTI patients (229/240, 95.4%) than in non-NSTI patients (42/55, 76.4%, P < 0.01). Non-NSTI patients had positive deep wound cultures more than half of the time (23/42, 54.8%). The microbiologic profile was similar between groups, with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Group A Streptococcus occurring with the same frequency. We advocate for deep wound cultures in all patients being evaluated operatively for NSTIs even if the exploration is considered negative because these patients have similar clinical characteristics and virulent microbiology, and culture results can help guide antimicrobial therapy.

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