BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY OF POST-OPERATIVE WOUND INFECTIONS AND THEIR ANTIBIOGRAMS IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL

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dc.creatorNamburi1, Prasada Rao
dc.creatorD, Sisira
dc.creatorBV, Surendra
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-10T19:35:45Z
dc.date.available2026-01-10T19:35:45Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-29
dc.descriptionBackground: Surgical site infections (SSI) are frequently occurring in postoperative complications. The present study is undertaken to isolate and determine the frequency of distribution of pathogens in post-operative wound infections and the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of the causative organisms. Methods: This cross-sectional, prospective study was carried out over a period of one year. 250 pus samples from cases of surgical site infections were processed for gram staining, culture, biochemical identification tests, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Results: Out of 250 patients of post-operative wound infections, 48 are cultured positive, among which 21 were gram-positive, and 27 were gram-negative. Staphylococcus aureus emerged as the commonest etiological agent 17 (35.42%) followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa 14 (29.17%), E.coli 6 (12.5%). Amikacin (72.9%) was found to be the most effective antibiotic, and Multidrug resistance was observed with staphylococcus aureus (79.16%) and pseudomonas aeruginosa (83.3%). Conclusions: Staphylococcus aureus is the commonest etiological agent for Postoperative wound infections. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of various isolates helps in proper selection of antibiotics and in this study, it was found that Amikacin was the most effective antibiotic against postoperative wound infections.  en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://sumathipublications.com/index.php/ijcbr/article/view/351
dc.identifier10.31878/ijcbr.2020.62.05
dc.identifier.urihttps://repos.sumathipublications.com:8000/handle/123456789/344
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSumathi Publicationsen-US
dc.relationhttps://sumathipublications.com/index.php/ijcbr/article/view/351/366
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Researchen-US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 6, Issue 2en-US
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2020 Prasada Rao Namburi, Sisira D, Surendra BVen-US
dc.sourceInternational Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Research; Volume 6, Issue 2; April 2020.; 18-20en-US
dc.source2395-0471
dc.source2521-0394
dc.subjectSurgical site infections; Post-operative wound infections; Antibiogramsen-US
dc.titleBACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY OF POST-OPERATIVE WOUND INFECTIONS AND THEIR ANTIBIOGRAMS IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITALen-US
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