Antibiotic Susceptibility of Bacterial Wound Infection: A Cross Sectional Study
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Background: Wound infections are one of the most prevalent hospital acquired illnesses and a significant contributor to morbidity. Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections worsen the condition in developed, developing, and underdeveloped countries.
Aim: The purpose of this research was to identify the frequency of various bacterial pathogens and their sensitivity to various kinds of antibiotics in various categories of wound infections in randomly selected Basra City hospitals.
Method: Fifty-seven patients with wound infection were involved in this cross sectional study, which was conducted by extracting data from the records of hospital laboratories, where information about bacterial examination of swabs taken by hospital staff from infected wounds and cultured with antibiotic sensitivity test by laboratory staff for treatment purposes.
Results and Conclusions: The median age of patients was 38 years, 59.65% of them were males. The most frequent bacteria encountered was Klebsiella pneumonia (24.56%). Single bacterial growth was dominant (86% of cultured bacteria). In antibiotic sensitivity test Gentamycin (7.19%), Ciprofloxacin (5.92%), Amikacin (5.50%), and Tobramycin (5.36%) were the most frequent antibiotics tested, while Cefotaxime, Ceftriaxone, Clarithromycin, and Nalidixic acid were the least used. The highest sensitivity shown by the cultured bacteria was to Tigecycline (92.86%), Lenizoild (90.91%), and Teicoplanin, (80.00%), although they had not been tested widely. While, the antibiotics to which the cultured bacteria did not show any sensitivity were Lomefloxacin (0.00), Ceftriaxone (0.00), and Nalidixic Acid (0.00). Also, the antibiotics to which there had been high resistance were Piperacillin (17.14%) and Minocycline (13.64%).
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