Bacterial Agents of Abdominal Surgical Site Infections in General Hospital Funtua, Katsina State, North-Western Nigeria

Abstract

Results: 28(22.05%) of the 127 patients studied developed surgical site infections, based on clinical criteria and 25(19.6%) based on bacteriological criteria. Pseudomonas spp. was the most frequently cultured aerobic organism in 39% (n=11 ) of the cultures, while Klebsiella in 21% (n=6) and Staphylococcus in 17% (n=5).Over 80% of the organisms demonstrated less than 50% sensitivity to the tested antibiotics. Conclusion:

Evaluation of Plasmid Mediated Drugs Resistance among Wound Bacterial Infection Obtained from Patients Attending some Hospitals in Kano State, Nigeria

“…However, in other studies, Ps. aeruginosa have been mostly recovered from post-operative surgical wounds despite the site of infection and location of specimens due to its high survival characteristics in hospital environment (Christopher et al, 2011;Dalhatu et al, 2014). It is ranked as the second among nosocomial pathogens isolated from hospitals, often contaminating hospital equipment such as wound dressing sinks and other surgical apparatus, and even antibiotic resistant strains can survive in supposedly sterile equipment used in the hospitals, making it a dangerous nosocomial pathogen widely distributed in the hospital environments where they are particularly difficult to eradicate (Masa'deh & Jaran, 2009).…”