title: Prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in post-operative wound infection in a referral hospital in Haryana, India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The objective of our study was to determine the prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the isolates of postoperative wound and its susceptibility pattern to commonly used antibiotics.
  
  
  METHODS
  During a 2-year period, specimens were received as postoperative wound swabs in Microbiology Laboratory, Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha (Hisar), Haryana, India.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 300 bacterial isolates, 89 (29.6%) were P. aeruginosa, followed by Escherichia coli (61, 20.3%), Klebsiella spp. (50, 16.6%), Staphylococcus aureus (43, 14.3%), Proteus spp. (19, 6.3%), Acinetobacter spp. (9, 3.0%), and Citrobacter freundii (2, 0.6%). There was no growth in 27 (9.0%) specimens.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  P. aeruginosa isolation was higher in male patients and most common in the age group of 21-40 years. The susceptibility pattern showed the organism to be most commonly susceptible to imipenem, followed by meropenem, cefoperazone/sulbactam, ticarcillin/clavulanate, and amikacin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Maharaja Agrasen Medical College and Hospital, Agroha (Hisar),Haryana, India.
authors.forename: K Prabhat
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Ranjan
authors.forename: Neelima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ranjan
authors.forename: Satish K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Arora