Bacterial and fungal profile of burn wound infections in Tertiary Care Center

Study on Bacterial Flora of Burn Wound Infection: A Need for Microbiological Surveillance in Burn Units

“…This result was in agreement with the finding reported by Mundhada et al, (2015), who observed 54% in male and 46% in female. Also, Rajput et al, (1998) found that burn infection in females was (60%) while burn infection in males was (40%).…”

“…Irrespective of duration of stay, monomicrobial pattern of growth was found to be common than polymicrobial which was in agreement with other studies by Mundhada et al, (2015)and Shahzad et al, (2012) (Table 1) In a recent study on time-related changes in aerobic bacterial pattern of burn wound infection by Saha et al, (2011), it was found that in burn wounds initially it was gram positive organisms which are gradually superceded by gram negative opportunists that have greater propensity to invade. …”

“…In our study the predominant organisms isolated (Fig 3) (Kaur et al, (2006)., Rajput et al, (1998), Mundhada et al, (2015)) where this organism was held responsible for majority of burn wound infections. The most common combination was Pseudomonas aeruginosa with Klebsiella species or Acinetobacter species or both.…”

“…The distribution of infective agents varies with time and is unique to different hospitals (Mundhada et al, 2015).…”

Prospective Study of Burn Wound for Microbial Involvement and Antimicrobial Susceptibility from a Tertiary Center of Gwalior

“…In agreement to present study Mundhada et al reported most common age group as 20-30 years with females (54%) preponderance. 9 This may be due to the fact that females are probably more prone to occupational hazards of working in the kitchen. Mundhada et al studied 50 burn patients and reported that most of the patients had TBSA of burn in between 36% and 40, similarly in present study most of the patients had TBSA between 31-40% (n=25).…”