Epidemiology and Bacterial Colonization of Burn Injuries in Blantyre
Malawi med. j. (Online)
; 19(1): 25-27, 2007. tables, figures
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ABSTRACT
Forty-nine patients from the Burns Unit at the QECH had swabs taken from various sites in order to determine the bacterial profile and antibiotic susceptibilities in burn wounds colonized by bacteria. The mean age was 16 years (range 1-70 years); 27 (55 ) of the study population were female and 22 (45) were male. Twenty-four (49) patients were epileptic. Open fire (41) was the most common cause of burn injuries among epileptics while hot water burns (29) were commonest among non-epileptics. Burn injury and percentage total burn surface area (TBSA) injuries decreased with age; and the upper and lower limbs; trunk; head and neck were the most commonly affected sites. Staphylococcus aureus was the commonest isolate (23); followed by Proteus mirabilis (22.7); Streptococci spp (15.9); Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4.5) and 3.4 for Escherichia coli; Salmonella and Klebsiella spp. There was a significant trend of bacterial growth with increasing CI 1.58-10.99]). Broad-spectrum antibiotics are required as first-line therapy for burns-related sepsis but there is need for surveillance of antibiotic susceptibility to help determine appropriate therapy
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Assunto principal:
Infecções Bacterianas
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Queimaduras
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Malawi med. j. (Online)
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Department of Microbiology College of Medicine/MW