NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION IN SURGICAL HOSPITAL IN ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY | ||||
| Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 14, Issue 1, March 2006, Page 133-145 PDF (389.5 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajs.2006.15364 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| E.Y Tohamy* 1; A.A Shaheen1; Samah F. El-Awadi2 | ||||
| 1Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt | ||||
| 2Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Surgical site infection (SSI) remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients. A total of 254 bacterial isolates were collected from 303 surgical specimens which were isolated from 92 males (53.2%) and 81 females (46.8%), their mean ages were 39.6±16.05 years (ranged from 1 month to 74 years). These isolates were identified as Staphylococcus aureus,Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonasaeruginosa and commensal Gram+ve and Gram-ve bacteria. The most effective antibiotics were imipenem while ampicillin and penicillin G (First and second generation of b-Lactam) showed much lower activity against all types of bacterial strains. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of imipenem determined by E-test were 0.047- 0.064 , 0.125, 0.19, 0.25 and 0.75mg/ml against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, Klebsiellapneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa respectively. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Imipenem; Antibiotic Susceptibility; Multi-drug resistance; risk factors; Nosocomial infection | ||||
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