Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2018
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PSUEDOMONAS AERUGINOSA IN SURGICAL SITE INFECTION IN A REFFERAL HOSPITAL IN HYDERABAD, INDIA
Nabila Saher, Junaid Siddiqui
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BACKGROUND: The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of pseudomonas aeruginosa’s in the surgical site infection patient and its susceptibility to commonly used antibiotics.
MATERIALS AND METHOD: During a period of 1 year, specimens were collected as the postoperative wound swabs in the microbiology department, owaisi hospital and research centre, Hyderabad, India.
RESULT: Out of 100 samples collected, 30 samples were of p.aeruginosa, followed by 20 samples of E.coli, klebsiella sps 17 samples, staphylococcus aureus 14 samples,proteus sps 6 samples, acinetobacter 3 samples, citrobacter freundii 1 sample, there was no growth in 9 specimens.
CONCLUSION:p.aeruginosa isolation was higher in male patients, in the age group of 21–40 years. The susceptibility pattern showed the organism to be most commonly susceptible to imipenem, meropenem, cefoperazone/sulbactam, ticarcillin/clavulanate, and amikacin.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Nabila Saher, Junaid Siddiqui, EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PSUEDOMONAS AERUGINOSA IN SURGICAL SITE INFECTION IN A REFFERAL HOSPITAL IN HYDERABAD, INDIA, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-10 | October-2018
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Nabila Saher, Junaid Siddiqui, EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PSUEDOMONAS AERUGINOSA IN SURGICAL SITE INFECTION IN A REFFERAL HOSPITAL IN HYDERABAD, INDIA, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-10 | October-2018
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