[Peritonitis as aerobic-anaerobic infection]

Results of clinico-microbiological examinations of 147 patients with peritonitis were analyzed. Strict anaerobic technique was used. It was established that in most cases peritonitis represented a mixed anaerobic aerobic infection (59.2%). The coliform microorganisms were dominating among aerobic ones, bacteroids-among anaerobic ones. The microbic character of inflammation (from abacterial to mixed forms) is dependent on the level (localization) of the inflammation source, duration of the inflammatory process. Mixed aerobic-anaerobic peritonitis has characteristic clinical features and requires an adequate antibacterial therapy.