Preoperative surveillance rectal swab is associated with an increased risk of infectious complications in pancreaticoduodenectomy and directs antimicrobial prophylaxis: an antibiotic stewardship strategy?
Preoperative surveillance rectal swab is associated with an increased risk of infectious complications in pancreaticoduodenectomy and directs antimicrobial prophylaxis: an antibiotic stewardship strategy?
(2018)
Preoperative surveillance rectal swab is associated with an increased risk of infectious complications in pancreaticoduodenectomy and directs antimicrobial prophylaxis: an antibiotic stewardship strategy?
Year:
2018
Type of item:
Articolo in Rivista
Tipologia ANVUR:
Articolo su rivista
Language:
Inglese
Format:
A Stampa
Referee:
Sì
Name of journal:
HPB
ISSN of journal:
1365-182X
N° Volume:
20
Number or Folder:
6
Page numbers:
555-562
Keyword:
postoperative infections; pancreaticoduodenectomy
Short description of contents:
Background: Despite improvements in the perioperative care, the morbidity rate after pancreatico-duodenectomy (PD) is still higher than 50%. The aim of this study was twofold: first, to assess the correlation between preoperative rectal swab (RS) and intraoperative bile cultures; to examine the impact of RS isolates on postoperative course after PD. Methods: An observational study was conducted analyzing all consecutive PD performed from January 2015 to July 2016. Based on the positivity/negativity of preoperative RS for multi-drug resistant bacteria, two groups of patients were identified (RS + vs. RS-) and then compared. Results: Three hundred thirty-eight patients were considered for the analysis. RS culture showed a perfect correlation (species and phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility pattern) with bile culture in 157 patients (86.7%). Fifty patients (14.8%) had a RS +. Preoperative biliary drain (PBD) was the single independent preoperative risk factor associated to RS + (p = 0.021, OR = 2.6, 95% CI = 1.5-11.7). Infective complications (IC) and mortality were independently correlated to RS + (p = 0.013, OR = 2.9, 95% CI = 1.3-6.7; p = 0.009 OR = 3.4, 95% CI = 1.8-14.9, respectively). Conclusions: Preoperative surveillance RS-culture's positivity correlates to biliary colonization that occurs after PBD. IC and mortality after PD are associated with RS +. Preoperative RS can direct antibiotic prophylaxis to reduce morbidity and mortality after PD.