The incidence of septic complications developed in the colostomy region usually varies from 0.5% to 25.0% [4,5],and the clinical wound characteristics for the diagnosis of infection include the edema, erythema, warmth and purulence [6].Aim of this study was to characterize the bacterial colonization in the dermal tissue of the abdominal cutaneous tissue, in patients who underwent a sigmoidostomy.
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