Open AccessFungal Culture Positivity in Patients with Perforation Peritonitis
Author(s) -
Neerja Jindal,
Shilpa Arora,
Sumeet Pathania
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/13189.6050
Subject(s) - peritonitis , perforation , medicine , gastrointestinal perforation , antimicrobial , microbiological culture , gastroenterology , microbiology and biotechnology , laparotomy , surgery , bacteria , biology , materials science , genetics , punching , metallurgy
Perforation peritonitis is the most common surgical emergency. A large number of microorganisms have been cultured from the abdominal fluid obtained from patients with gastrointestinal perforation peritonitis. The present study was undertaken to determine the frequency of positive fungal culture in perforation peritonitis as Candida co-infection is reported to be a bad prognostic factor in these patients.