Common pathogens in burn wound and changes in their drug sensitivity

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• 作者：Ezzatollah Rezaei^a ; Hosain Safari^b ; Mahbobe Naderinasab^c ; Hassan Aliakbarian^c ; ^{aliakbarianh1@mums.ac.ir"" rel=""nofollow}
• 关键词：Infection ; Burn wound ; Microbial resistance
• 刊名：Burns
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：August 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：37
• 期：5
• 页码：805-807
• 全文大小：149 K

文摘

Infection is an important cause of mortality in patients with burns. Rapid emergence of hospital pathogens and antibiotic-resistant organisms necessitate periodic evaluation of bacterial colonisation patterns and antibiogram sensitivity in burn wards.

In this study, which was conducted in a 3 months’ period in 2009, 106 samples from the wounds of 59 patients admitted in a burn ward were taken, one in the 1st and one between the 3rd and the 7th days.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter and Klebsiella were the most common Gram-negative and Staphylococcus aureus was the most common Gram-positive organisms recovered from the patients.

This study showed a high rate of resistance to the administered antibiotics. The prevalent Gram-negative organisms in our ward were resistant to ceftazidime and imipenem in nearly 90 % and 20 % of cases, respectively.