Diagnostic Fine-Needle Aspiration in Postoperative Wound Infections is More Accurate at Predicting Causative Organisms than Wound Swabs

摘要

INTRODUCTIONPostoperative wound infections are common. Antibiotics are often prescribed empirically, usually in the absence of any microbiological sensitivity data. This study demonstrates the role of fine-needle aspiration microbiology (FNAM) in determining the causative organisms in these wounds compared to wound swabs taken from the same patients.