Isolation and Identification of Bacterial Wound Infection Isolates and their Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern

Abstract

Wound Infections are continuous to be a major complication with significant increase in costs, morbidity and potential mortality. This study was aim to screening the bacteriological observation on wound infection in both inpatients and outpatients, the effective antibiotic and serotyping for the prevalent bacteria. The study was carried out on two hundred patients of different age groups to isolate the causative organisms encountered in wound infection and their antibiotics. The percentage of wound infection among outpatients was found to be 84%, similarly the percentage of wound contamination inside the hospital (Medical City Teaching Hospital) also was found to be 84%. The relation between sex and wound infection was studied, no effect of sex on the rate of infection was found.A total of 152 bacterial isolates were predominant Staphylococcus aureus (76, 50%), followed by Escherichia coli (36, 23.69%), Beta-haemolytic streptococci(13,8.55%),Klebsiella aerogenes (8,5.26%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa(7,4.6%), Proteus spp.