A survey of common pathogens in wound in patients at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (U.P.T.H), Port Harcourt.
During a 30-month period, January 1996 to June 1998, a total of 2458 wound swab samples were collected, cultured and identified. In descending order of frequency, the organisms isolated include: Staphylococcus aureus (31.60%), Escherichia coli (25.97%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (21.21%), Klebsiella species (10.82%), Proteus species (8.23%), non-haemolytic streptococci (1.29%), Beta-haemolytic streptococcus (0.43%) and Candida albicans (0.43%). The variation in frequency of the isolates according to sex, age and ward is reported. The antibiotic sensitivity pattern of these isolates is also presented.
Wariso
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Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Nwachukwu
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D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*