Anaerobic bacterial infections: criteria for handling clinical and microbiological diagnostic procedures

Abstract

The increase of infections with anaerobic bacteria, the resistance of these organisms to limited treatment options for the empirical data, and the recent and little knowledge we have about these bodies, leads the doctor not to suspect that it is in most cases, compared to a possible infectious agent which involves an anaerobic germ, delaying diagnosis and timely initiation of appropriate antibiotic therapy, explaining the sudden increase in morbidity and mortality, and the vulnerability of patients. This creates an urgent need in the hospitals to develop updated and standardize protocols, guidelines management of infections caused by anaerobic bacteria and consistent with available resources to secure and optimize the processes involved in search and retrieval of these demanding germs, and it will allow all the medical and paramedical staff proper management of these events in order to improve the service and the patient safety. The purpose of this study is to standardize an updated protocol of clinical and anaerobic bacteriology to unify the criteria for selection, collection and proper transportation of clinical samples, which ensures the viability of the specimen and the recovery of anaerobic organisms in order to obtain their identification and susceptibility to antibiotics.