Wound Infections

Abstract

kin protects the body from infection. Breaks in the skin can occur through punctures (like a nail or a thorn), abrasions (scrapes or scratches), or lacerations (rips in the skin tissue). Healthy individuals can develop infections through wounds in the skin. However, it is more likely that persons with underlying immune system (the body' s ability to fight infection) problems will develop wound infections if a break in their skin occurs. The October 26, 2005, issue of JAMA includes an article about use of supplemental oxygen to decrease the risk of surgical wound infections.

Concurrent Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamase Production and Multidrug Resistance among Proteus Species isolated from Clinical samples of patients attending selected Hospitals in Northeastern Nigeria

“…The age group with the highest occurrence of Proteus spp was 31-40 years (20.83%), and the least was patients within the age category of 51-60years and >60years with 14 (9.72) and 13 (9.03%), respectively (Table 3). This concurred with the reports of Torpy et al (2005) and Omole and Stephen (2014), that age significantly affects the prevalence of infections since adolescents and active ages adults are usually the ones involved in stressful activities such as searching for daily bread and farming (Hakim and Gress, 2007;Omole and Stephen, 2014) The penicillin and cephalosporin resistance observed in this study can be explained by the excessive use of Cefotaxime, Ceftazidime, and Ceftriazone for empirical therapy in hospitals. The production of ESBL as a resistance mechanism against these three antibiotics has been documented.…”

Plasmid Profile Analysis of Multi-drug Resistant Proteus spp isolated from Patients with Wound Infection in Northeastern Nigeria

“…Male patients between the age categories of 21-30 years recorded the most significant infection rate (21.43%) on sex versus age group basis ( Table 1). Similar findings by [24] was reported and they assert that age significantly affects the prevalence of wound infections, since adolescents and active-age adults are usually the ones involved in much physical activities such as sports and farming which may expose them more to injuries and infections. Infants and older age individuals are also considered at risk of acquiring wound infections because of the decrease in immune competence with age [25,26], and infants have their immune system at the developmental stage.…”

Isolation and Identification of Fungi from Wounds and Burns of Human and Farm Animals

“…This means that some samples yielded more than one organism. While 11(18.33%) wounds swabs failed to yield any growth (Table,2). In present study, 50 burn wounds swabs were examined which showed that 37 swabs were yielded growth in percentage 74%, while 13 burn swabs were failed to yield any growth in percentage of 26%.…”