Research Article

Analysis of Bacterial and Fungal Infections after Cytoreduction Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: An Observational Single-Centre Study

Table 4

Respiratory tract infections (RTI) after hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) operation.

PathogenNumberTime (day)

Bacterial isolate9 (20%)
Gram-positive organismsEnterococcus faecium (VRE)191
Gram-negative organismsStenotrophomonas maltophilia149
Pseudomonas aeruginosa542.4 ± 8.02
Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRO)118
Enterobacter cloacae14
Gram-positive/Gram-negative ratio1/8
Fungal isolate1 (2%)
YOTCA191

VRE, vancomycin-resistant enterococci; ESBL, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase; MDRO, multidrug-resistant organisms; YOTCA, yeasts other than Candida albicans.