Bacteriology of burns at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

Bacterial and fungal colonization of burn wounds

“…Our finding that S. aureus was the most common isolate coincides with previous reports (Taylor et al 1992, Vindenes & Bjerknes 1995, Lesseva & Hadjiiski 1996, Komolafe et al 2003 but is in contrast to other studies which report P. aeruginosa as predominant organism (Atoyebi et al 1992, Revathi et al 1998, Singh et al 2003, Nasser et al 2003, Agnihotri et al 2004). …”

Nosocomial Infections in Iranian Pediatric Patients With Burn Injuries: A Review

“…Similar to Ekrami et al (15), Sengupta et al (31) reported Acinetobacter baumanni as a rapid emerging MDR germ; as skin flora, these strains have been reported to be easily transmitted due viability in a hospital environment as an MDR isolates. In epidemiological study conducted by Yousefi-Mashouf and Street (16), P. aeruginosa was the most prevalence isolated Gram negative microorganism similar to other study (32) and Klebsiella pneumonia was the second cause of infections of burn wound in dissimilar to report by others (32)(33)(34)(35).…”

Bacteriology of burns and antibiogram in an Iranian burn care center

“…The most frequently isolated organism from burn wounds was P. aeruginosa, followed by Enterobacter spp., Acinetobacter spp., and Klebsiella spp., which is in agreement with the findings of other studies (Karimi et al, 2002;Kaushik et al, 2001;Rastegar and Alaghehbandan, 2000;Warren and Fraser, 2001). Grampositive bacteria such as coagulase-negative staphylococci and -hemolytic streptococci were isolated with lower frequency, whereas in other studies, they were recognized as predominant agents of infection (IzquierdoCubas et al, 2008;Komolafe et al, 2003;Rastegar and Alaghehbandan, 2000;Revathi and Jain, 1998).…”

“…This is particularly true for P. aeruginosa, which may grow on the moist surface of burn wounds and is highly pathogenic in thermally injured, immunosuppressed patients (Gang et al, 1999). In addition, health-care workers whose hands become contaminated after touching these surfaces can transfer bacteria to a patient or other sites in the environment (Hota et al, 2009 (Douglas et al, 2001;Komolafe et al, 2003). The gains of established infection control measures are now being felt in the developed countries with a purpose built burns unit.…”