Severe postoperative infections following surgery for digestive system diseases

doi:10.4240/wjgs.121379

Advanced Search

BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge

Home / Archive / Volume 18, Issue 8

This Article

(1)

(0)

(2)

Peer-Review Report of This Article

CrossCheck and Google Search of This Article

Academic Rules and Norms of This Article

Citation of this article

Corresponding Author of This Article

Research Domain of This Article

Article-Type of This Article

Open-Access Policy of This Article

Times Cited Counts in Google of This Article

Journal Information of This Article

Publication Name

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

ISSN

1948-9366

Publisher of This Article

Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA

Retrospective Cohort Study

Copyright: ©Author(s) 2026. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. No commercial re-use. See permissions. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.

World J Gastrointest Surg. Aug 27, 2026; 18(8): 121379
Published online Aug 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.121379

Table 4 Distribution of pathogenic organisms isolated from severe postoperative infections (n = 44 isolates), n (%)

Pathogen	Isolates	%	ESBL+	MDR
Gram-negative bacteria	29	65.9
Escherichia coli	12	27.3	5 (41.7)	4 (33.3)
Klebsiella pneumoniae	8	18.2	2 (25.0)	2 (25.0)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	5	11.4	-	2 (40.0)
Enterobacter cloacae	4	9.1	-	1 (25.0)
Gram-positive bacteria	11	25.0
Enterococcus faecalis	5	11.4	-	1 (20.0)
Staphylococcus aureus	4	9.1	-	1 (25.0)¹
Other Gram-positive	2	4.5	-	0
Fungi	4	9.1
Candida albicans	3	6.8	-	-
Candida glabrata	1	2.3	-	-

¹Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Percentages in the main % column are calculated using all 44 isolates as the denominator; multidrug-resistant percentages in parentheses are calculated using the number of isolates of each listed pathogen as the denominator. ESBL: Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase; MDR: Multidrug-resistant.

Full Size Table

Citation: Liu Y, Chen L. Severe postoperative infections following surgery for digestive system diseases. World J Gastrointest Surg 2026; 18(8): 121379
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v18/i8/121379.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.121379

Liu Y, Chen L. Severe postoperative infections following surgery for digestive system diseases. World J Gastrointest Surg 2026; 18(8): 121379 [DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.121379]

All content on this site: Copyright © 1993-2026 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, its licensors, and contributors. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. For all open access content, the relevant licensing terms apply.