[The German Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology study: pathogen spectrum and resistance status]

In the scope of a DGOT Study various aspects and evaluations of the bacterial spectrum of wound infections are reviewed and the frequency of resistance is presented. The study is based on 3700 wound healing protocols. Our results suggest that the bacterias involved in the field of orthopaedic surgery and traumatology are for the most part known germs. This should be decisive for the type of antibiotic therapy being possibly required. The main organisms are Staphylococci, Enterococci and Pseudomonades; available agents of choice are penicillinase-resistant and -susceptible Penicillins, Ampicillins and Cephalosporins of the first and second generation.