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Infectious Diseases 2018
Journal of Prevention and Infection Control
ISSN: 2471-9668
Page 60
June 07-08, 2018
London, UK
8
th
Edition of International Conference on
Infectious Diseases
P
ostoperative wound infection or surgical site infection is
a severe problem in the surgical specialties, which can
cause mortality, morbidity and economic burden. In this study
postoperative wound swabs were collected from patients of
Dinajpur Medical College. This study included 15 surgery patients
with signs and symptoms indicative of wound infections and was
evaluated for the study. Samples were taken from the patients
during the period of surgical wound dressing before the wound
was cleaned with antiseptic solution. The swab was inoculated
onto plates of nutrient agar and 5% sheep blood agar by rolling the
swab over the agar and streaked. These plates were incubated at
37°C for 24-48 hours in aerobic and anaerobic condition. Out of
15 postoperative wound infection samples, 10 (66.67%) samples
were culture positive. A high predominance of aerobic bacteria
was observed but no agent was identified in anaerobic condition.
The single etiologic agent was identified in 8 (80%) patients,
mixed agents were found in 2 (20%) patients. The commonly
isolated bacte¬rial pathogens were
Staphylococcus aureus
(40%),
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(20%), and Escherichia coli (20%).
Antibiotic sensitivity test showed that the isolates were sensitive
to two antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin and chloramphenicol
while the most resistant drug was ceftriaxone, cephradine,
cefixime, penicillin, clindamycin and sulphamethoxazole. The
culture sensitivity tests showed that numerous and multi drug
resistant bacteria are involved in postoperative wounds infection.
ishaqhossion@gmail.comBacteriological investigation of postoperative wound infection
and studies their resistant profile
Ishaq Hossion
National Institute of Biotechnology (NIB), Bangladesh
J Prev Infect Cntrol 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8084-C1-003