Unusual Surgical Infections: Acinetobacter Septicemia
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Two cases of Acinetobacter septicemia were diagnosed in Surgical unit 1 of Rawalpindi General Hospital with the help of the bacteriology department of Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP). One case presented as an acute abdomen secondary to a skin lesion while the second developed septicemia postoperatively. The former recovered due to the timely use of the right antibiotic while the latter died due to delay in diagnosis and late institution of antibiotics to which the organisms were sensitive. These cases show the significance of the timely use of the right antibiotics and early recognition of septicemia and the disadvantages of prophylactic combination chemotherapy in unusual surgical infections like Acinetobacter septicemia.
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