Burn wound infection is a major complication in burn patients after initial period of shock. More than 70 % mortality in burn patients is attributed to infection. This study was conducted from July 2008 to February 2009 at Teiba Center for Burns Surgery in Al-Jumhory Hospital located in Sana'a city, Yemen. A total of 200 burn wound swab were collected. Fifty eight (58%) of patients were males and forty two (42%) were females. The most common age group was ≤ 10 years group (42%), (84.5%) had second-degree burns, (13%) had third-degree burns, (1.5%) had fourth-degree burns and the remainder had first-degree burns, (69.5%) were due to flame, (24.5%) were due to scalds, (4.5%) cases were due to electrical burns and three cases were due to chemical burns. Out of 167 positive cultures, single Gram positive bacteria were the most dominant (44.3%), followed by Gram negative bacteria (28.7%) and mixed Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria (20.4%). Staphylococcus aureus was the most common organism, isolated100 (47.8%), followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (23%), Candida albicans (5.3%), Escherichia coli (5.3%), Serratiaplymuthica (3.8%), Proteus mirabilis (2.9%), Salmonella species (2.4%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (2.4%), Acinetobacter species (1.9%), Streptococcus faecalis (1.4%), Bacillus species(0.96%), Citrobacter freundii (0.96%), Klebsiella species (0.96),and Streptococcus pyogenes (0.96%).
S., A., A., H., S., A., & L., A. (2011). Microorganisms Associated With Burn Wound Infection in Sana’a, Yemen. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology, 3(1), 19-25. doi: 10.21608/eajbsg.2011.16691
MLA
Alghalibi S. M. S.; Humaid A. A.; Alshaibani E. A. S.; Alhamzy E. H. L.. "Microorganisms Associated With Burn Wound Infection in Sana’a, Yemen". Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology, 3, 1, 2011, 19-25. doi: 10.21608/eajbsg.2011.16691
HARVARD
S., A., A., H., S., A., L., A. (2011). 'Microorganisms Associated With Burn Wound Infection in Sana’a, Yemen', Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology, 3(1), pp. 19-25. doi: 10.21608/eajbsg.2011.16691
VANCOUVER
S., A., A., H., S., A., L., A. Microorganisms Associated With Burn Wound Infection in Sana’a, Yemen. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology, 2011; 3(1): 19-25. doi: 10.21608/eajbsg.2011.16691