ISOLATION OF BACTERIAL PATHOGENS FROM BURN WOUNDS
Hasan Fadhil Kudhair*, Abeer Thaher Naji Al Hasnawi and Ali Jalil Ali Alyassery
ABSTRACT
A burn is an injury to the skin or other tissue caused by heat or radiation, electricity, friction, or contact with chemicals. Nosocomial infections are the primary cause of burn wound infections in burn units. In this study, there are 83 burn wound patients and 35 healthy controls. Swab samples from burn wounds were collected, and culturing media and biochemical test were used to identify the bacterial infection. The results showed most of the patients were males, 44 (53.0%), and 39 (47.0%) were females. In the control, 15 (42.9%) were males and 20 (57.1%) were females. The patients' ages ranged from 1 to 60 years; children less than 11 years old represented 37 (44.6%) of them. Most patients had scald burn 44 (53.0%) followed by flame burn 34 (41.0%), and then electrical burn 5 (6.0%). The second degree constituted the most common of cases 55 (66.3%). A total of 83 swab specimens, among them, 28 (33.735%) were found to have Gram-negative bacteria, 7 (8.434%) had Gram-positive bacteria, and 48 (57. 831%) had a negative culture. In conclusion, the majority of the burned cases were children, with second-degree burns. Gram-ve bacteria are the most frequently isolated bacteria that cause burn wound infections.
Keywords: burns type, severity of burn, Pathogenic bacteria.
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