Microbial Profile of wound infections in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital
| Autor: | Gcs Omakwele, OK Obunge, Easter Godwin Nwokah, Mbo Ayodele, Samuel Douglas Abbey |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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antimicrobial pattern and susceptibility
Tetracycline business.industry lcsh:R Wound infections antimicrobial pattern and susceptibility Antimicrobial susceptibility Ceftazidime lcsh:Medicine General Medicine Bacterial growth Microbiology Teaching hospital Wound management medicine Port harcourt business Anaerobic exercise Wound infections medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Sahel Medical Journal; Vol 13, No 1 (2010) Sahel Medical Journal, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 5-11 (2010) |
| ISSN: | 1118-8561 |
| Popis: | Background: This study set out to investigate the aerobic and facultative anaerobic microbial profile of wound infections in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Methods: A total of 202 wound swabs samples were randomly collected from both in and out-patients presenting at the facility. One hundred and thirteen(55.9%) of the samples were collected from males while 89(44.6%) were from females. The age of the patients ranged from 32 days to 80 years. Samples were processed following standard operating protocols in the microbiology laboratory. Results: Of the 202 samples examined, 164(81.2%) had microbial isolates while 38(18.8%) yielded no growth. Among the 164 samples with positive microbial growth, 124(75.6%) had single isolates while 40(24.4%) had polymicrobial growth. Of the 113 males studied, 90(79.7%) had microbial growth while 23(20.4%) had no growth. Similarly, of the 89 females studied, 74(83.2%) had microbial growth while 15(16.9%) had no growth. Furthermore, the total microbial isolates from the study was 206. Gram-negative bacterial organisms accounted for 124(60.1%) as against 82(39.9%) from the Gram-positive′s (p |
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