Bacteriological studies of infected kerosine burn wounds in Benin City, Nigeria

Abstract

A survey of the aerobic bacteria of freshly admitted and prolonged hospitalized kerosene burn wounds were carried out. Out of the 123 infected burn wounds from freshly admitted patients, the predominant isolates were Staphylococcus aureus (40.7%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (27.8%), Streptococcus pyogenes (3.3%), Klebsiella sp. (2.4%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (8.9%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (8.9%), Escherichia coli (5.7%) and Proteus sp. (2.4%). From 36 prolong hospitalized patients yielded S. aureus (25%), P. aeruginosa (19.4%), and Strept. pyogenes (11.1%), Klebsiella sp. (2.8%), E. coli (13.9%), Proteus sp. (11.1%), Strept. pneumoniae (5.6%), and S. epidermidis (11.1%). The organisms were further tested for their antibiotic sensitivity pattern. The quinolones (ciproxacin, pefloxacin and ofloxacin), cefuroxime and gentamicin were the most effective on isolates from freshly admitted patients and to a lesser extent on isolates from prolong hospitalized patients.. Generally P. aeruginosa and Proteus sp. were the most resistant organisms to the various antibiotic tested.


KEY WORDS: Aerobic Bacteria-Kerosene Burn- Sensitivity.


Journal of Biomedical Investigation 2004;2(1): 4-9