The treatment of complicated nosocomial infection of a dehiscent laparotomy wound

Abstract

Complicated intra-abdominal infections and those of the skin and soft tissue are some of the most common bacterial infections. Surgical wound infections are estimated to occur in about 2% of surgeries, and in addition to the increased mortality and morbidity, thus results in an increase in treatment costs and extended hospitalisation. The presented case study represents the successful therapy of tigecycline in combination with other antibiotics in the case of a severe infection of a dehiscent laparotomy wound. In the present case, a broad spectrum of action against multi-resistant bacterial strains and tissue distribution of tigecycline was effective in the treatment of severe intra-abdominal infections.