Correlation of intraoperative donor duodenal-segment swab cultures with the subsequent occurrence of surgical site infections in kidney and pancreas transplant recipients.

Although positive cultures from the donor duodenal segment prompted the administration of antimicrobial therapy in the recipient directed against the pathogen isolated, this practice did not reduce SSIs compared with those transplant recipients with culture-negative duodenal swabs. In addition, the organisms isolated from the donor duodenal segment were not predictive of subsequent SSI.