National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
In spite of advances in control of infections, wound infections have not completely controlled due to many reasons. The widespread uses of antibiotics, together with the length of time over which they have been available have led to major problems of resistant organisms contributing to morbidity and mortality. This study was aimed to assess bacterial isolates and their drug susceptibility patterns from patients with pus and/or wound discharge. A retrospective study was conducted at Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences and hospital from all individuals who provide pus and/or wound discharge samples from June 2017 to May 2018. The records of wound swab samples obtained from patients with different kinds of wounds, receiving treatment at the Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Durgapur, West Bengal, were analysed by using a standard data collection format. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 11 software. P-value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. A total of 104 samples were included in the study with bacterial isolation rate of 87 with the isolation rate of (83.65%). Of all, 56 (53.84%) were females, 75 (86.20%) of the isolates were gram negative and 12 (13.79%) were gram positive. About 39/87 (44.82%) of the total isolates were Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Coagulase positive Staphylococci (13.79%), Coliform (except E. coli) (13.79%), Proteus mirabilis (11.49%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (9.19%) and Escherichia coli (6.89%). The result showed that 66.2% of the isolates were resistant to tetracycline, followed 59.8% for ampicillin, 59.1% for cotrimoxazole, 51.7% for Erythromycin, least resistant being 6.3% for gentamycin. High prevalence of bacterial isolates were found; Pseudomonas aeruginosa being the dominant. Most of the isolates were resistant to many of the antibiotics tested where all isolates of Staphylococcus aureus being resistant to two or more antibiotics. Antibiotic susceptibility test is necessary for effective control of wound infections.
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