Influence of the combined use of septomyrin and chlorhexidineon bacterial load of purulent wounds

Abstract

Objective: to study the MIC90 of the most commonly used antiseptics for the main representatives of the microflora of purulent wounds and to study the influence of the most effective in vitro antiseptics on the bacterialload of the wound surface in patients with purulent wounds.Material and methods. Bacteriological studies determining the MIC90values of antiseptic drugs were performed on 70 clinical isolates. Clinical studies determining the level of the bacterial load of the wound surface were performed in 30 patients with purulent wounds.Results. Septomyrin and 0.02 % chlorhexidine bigluconate have been found to be the most active drugs against the main representatives of the microflora of purulent wounds in our region. In the combined use of septomyrin and chlorhexidine, the bacterial load of the wounds decreased below the critical level already 2 days after surgical debridement (p < 0.01), while in the single application of septomyrin, this had occurred only by the fifth day (p < 0.01), and chlorhexidine — by the sixth day (p<0.01).Conclusion. The combined use of septomyrin and 0.02 % chlorhexidine bigluconate is characterized by high clinical effectiveness in the local treatment of purulent wounds during the first phase of the wound healing process.