Combined treatment with chlorhexidine and 0·9% saline in a newborn infant with an infected surgical wound

Int Wound J. 2016 Oct;13(5):1000-2. doi: 10.1111/iwj.12381. Epub 2014 Dec 5.

Abstract

Newborns are more susceptible to infection; this makes proper wound care extremely important in them. Unfortunately, in spite of successful surgery, patients can die as a result of wound area infections. Herein, we report a case in which a combined therapy of chlorhexidine (a disinfectant) and saline (a cleansing agent used in wound care) was used effectively to treat the wound in a newborn infant with an antibiotic-resistant, Gram-negative, bacteria-related surgical site infection.

Keywords: Infection; Meningomyelocele; Newborns; Wound.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use*
  • Chlorhexidine / therapeutic use*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lumbosacral Region
  • Meningomyelocele / surgery*
  • Sodium Chloride / therapeutic use*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / drug therapy*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / etiology*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Chlorhexidine