Microbiology for Surgical Infections
Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment

Microbiology for Surgical Infections: Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment explores current trends in etiology and antibiotic resistance of pathogens responsible for devastating and complex surgical infections. Clinicians and researchers report the most recent advances in diagnostic approaches to bacterial and non-bacterial surgical infections, including invasive fungal infections. Current guidelines for prophylaxis of community-acquired and nosocomial infections, complications in surgery, and improvement of diagnosis and treatment of these devastating surgical infections are also discussed.

The work gives specific attention to intra-abdominal and wound infections, as well as infections in cardiac surgery and neurosurgery. Taken together, these explorations inform the work of specialists in different surgical arenas, as well as those working in microbiology.

Microbiology for Surgical Infections provides a resource to those working to improve outcomes in this complicated arena by discussing prospects for future study and identifying targets for future research.

Section A: Infection control measures for the prevention of surgical infections1. Infection control measures for the prevention of surgical site infections2. Microbiological assessment before surgical intervention3. Bacterial adherence to biomaterials used in surgical proceduresSection B: Intra-abdominal infections4. Multidrug-resistant bacteria in pancreatic surgery5. Anastomotic leakage after colonic and rectal surgery: operative and conservative management6. Acute appendicitis: an open issue. Current trends in diagnostic and therapeutic options7. Assessment of severity state and prognosis in surgical patients with secondary peritonitis8. Pathogenesis and management of dialysis access infections9. Microbiological diagnosis and antimicrobial therapy in acute pancreatitisSection C: Cardiovascular infections10. Infective endocarditisSection D: Skin and soft tissue infections11. Natural remedies for the treatment of wounds and wound infection12. Bioactive molecules of herbal extracts with anti-infective and wound healing properties13. Role of honey and propolis in the treatment of infected wounds14. Necrotizing soft tissue infections15. Significance of surgical intervention in the management of diabetic foot infectionsSection E: Spinal infections16. Spinal epidural abscessesSection F: Surgical infections of non-bacterial origin17. State of the art in the laboratory methods for the diagnosis of invasive fungal diseases

: academics and researchers in microbiology, infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance, medical students, clinicians, laboratory scientists, infection preventionists, public health specialists

Dr. Kon's scientific contributions include more than 100 publications, 6 books and 18 scientific articles. The main focus of Dr. Kon’s research is antibiotic resistance in bacteria, coping with microbial resistance by plant essential oils and nanoparticles, microbiology of surgical and gynaecological infections, application of different statistical methods to analysis of biomedical data.

Professor Mahendra Rai is a UGC-Basic Science Research Faculty Fellow and former head of the Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, India. Presently, he is a visiting Scientist at the Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland. His areas of expertise include microbial biotechnology and nanobiotechnology. Currently, his group’s main research interest is green synthesis of metal nanoparticles particularly using fungi and their applications as nanoantimicrobials against pathogenic microbes. Prof. Rai has received several prestigious awards, including the Medini Award by the Government of India. He has been featured in Stanford’s list of the top 2% of scientists in nanoscience.

• Provides a multi-dimensional view of myriad topics pertinent to surgical infections, including questions of etiology, pathogenesis, host-microbial interactions, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prophylaxis
• Delivers cutting-edge commentary from eminent surgeons, microbiologists, and infectious disease specialists, with global contributions from both the developed and developing worlds
• Presents comprehensive research informed by the most recent technological and scientific advances in the field