Clinical impact and risk factors for percutaneous gastrostomy wound infections due to resistant organisms

Wound infection following the placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is believed to be a minor problem.1 However, as many patients requiring PEG are elderly with co-morbidities, PEG wound infections caused by an increasing incidence of resistant organisms2,3 may not be so benign. We report a single tertiary center's experience of PEG wound infections where these are due mostly to resistant organisms, representing a significant clinical burden.