Practical Geriatrics ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (12): 1224-1228.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2024.12.008

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Distribution and drug resistance of vaginal pathogens in elderly women after hysterectomy

ZHOU Lin, XIONG Keqin, LUAN Ting   

  1. Department of Gynecology, Women’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University(Nanjing Women and Children’s Healthcare Hospital), Nanjing 210004, China(ZHOU Lin, LUAN Ting);
    Department of Clinical Medicine, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China(XIONG Keqin)
  • Received:2024-01-31 Online:2024-12-20 Published:2024-12-19
  • Contact: LUAN Ting, Email: m1595175115@163.com

Abstract: Objective To analyze the distribution of vaginal pathogens and drug resistance in the elderly women after hysterectomy, and to provide a reference for the reasonable selection of perioperative antibiotics. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 347cases of elderly women admitted to Women’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January to December 2022 who underwent hysterectomy and received the detection of postoperative vaginal secretion culture. The clinical characteristics, postoperative infection indicators, distribution of vaginal pathogens and drug resistance results were analyzed. Results There were more gram-negative bacteria than gram-positive bacteria detected in the vagina of the elderly women after hysterectomy, among which Escherichia coli (34.21%) was the most, followed by Enterococcus faecalis (28.42%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (5.26%).There was no significant difference in the distribution of vaginal pathogens in the patients with different age, operation methods and diseases, but there was significant difference in the distribution of vaginal pathogens in the patients with different hysterectomy ranges (P<0.05).Moreover, postoperative fever was more common in gram-negative bacteria group.The results of drug sensitivity showed that more than 60.00% of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were resistant to cephalosporins and penicillins, while the resistance rate of β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor complex was less than 5%, and no resistance to carbapenem was found.The total multiple drug resistance rate of vaginal pathogens in the elderly women after hysterectomy was 80.00% (140/175). Conclusions Gram-negative bacteria are more easily detected in the vagina of elderly women after hysterectomy, and Escherichia coli is the most easily detected. The total multiple drug resistance rate of pathogenic bacteria is high.When upgrading the use of antibiotics in elderly women after hysterectomy, β-Lactam/β-Lactamase inhibitor complex is recommended, and the direct use of carbapenems should be avoided as much as possible.

Key words: pathogens, hysterectomy, aged, antimicrobial resistance

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