Microorganisms Associated With Burn Wound Infection in Sana’a, Yemen | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology | ||
| Article 4, Volume 3, Issue 1, December 2011, Pages 19-25 PDF (171.59 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsg.2011.16691 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Alghalibi S. M. S.; Humaid A. A.; Alshaibani E. A. S.; Alhamzy E. H. L. | ||
| Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Burn wound infection is a major complication in burn patients after initial period of shock. More than 70 % mortality in burn patients is attributed to infection. This study was conducted from July 2008 to February 2009 at Teiba Center for Burns Surgery in Al-Jumhory Hospital located in Sana'a city, Yemen. A total of 200 burn wound swab were collected. Fifty eight (58%) of patients were males and forty two (42%) were females. The most common age group was ≤ 10 years group (42%), (84.5%) had second-degree burns, (13%) had third-degree burns, (1.5%) had fourth-degree burns and the remainder had first-degree burns, (69.5%) were due to flame, (24.5%) were due to scalds, (4.5%) cases were due to electrical burns and three cases were due to chemical burns. Out of 167 positive cultures, single Gram positive bacteria were the most dominant (44.3%), followed by Gram negative bacteria (28.7%) and mixed Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria (20.4%). Staphylococcus aureus was the most common organism, isolated100 (47.8%), followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (23%), Candida albicans (5.3%), Escherichia coli (5.3%), Serratia plymuthica (3.8%), Proteus mirabilis (2.9%), Salmonella species (2.4%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (2.4%), Acinetobacter species (1.9%), Streptococcus faecalis (1.4%), Bacillus species(0.96%), Citrobacter freundii (0.96%), Klebsiella species (0.96),and Streptococcus pyogenes (0.96%). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Microorganisms- Burn Wound Infection; Yemen | ||
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