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Background: Surgical site infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, increase in hospital stay and enhanced cost of health care. Objective of present study is to identify the etiological pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility, resistance and risk factors for development SSIs. Methods: It is observational study carried out at Department of General Surgery at GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, India for a period of one year. It is a tertiary care centre and a teaching hospital. A predesigned and pretested proforma was used to collect data. Surgical sites were examined and culture with sensitivity was done for infected wounds. Results: The most commonly isolated bacteria were: Klebsiella, E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Increasing age and associated diabetes showed signicantly higher rates of infection compared to their counterparts. Universal resistance was present to ampicillin, cefoxitin, ceftriaxone and tetracycline, while organism were sensitive to Imipenam, Meropenam and Piperacillin. Conclusions: Post-operative abdominal wound infection represents a substantial burden of disease both for the patients and the healthcare services in terms of the morbidity, mortality and economic costs. |
