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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Bacterial flora of burn wounds in Lagos, Nigeria: A prospective study
Burns, Volume 18, No. 6, Year 1992
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Description
A prospective study of burn wound sepsis was carried out on 31 consecutive patients with fresh burns. Wound swab cultures were assessed at weekly intervals for 5 weeks. The study revealed that while 96.7 per cent of burn wounds were sterile on admission, bacterial colonization reached 80.6 per cent within the first week after admission. Although the Gram-negative organisms, as a group, were more predominant, Staph. aureus (38.2 per cent) was the most prevalent organism in the first week. It was however surpassed by Pseud. aeruginosa from the second week onwards. Anaerobes were conspicuous by their absence. Similarly, β-haemolytic streptococcus was not isolated from any patient. Proteus mirabilis was unusually preponderant, forming 19.4 per cent of all isolates. The antibiotic senstivity pattern showed resistance of most of the organisms to ampicillin. Only 15 per cent of staphylococci were sensitive to cloxacillin. Most of the organisms cultured (93.5 per cent) were sensitive to ceftazidime. © 1992.
Authors & Co-Authors
Atoyebi, Oluwole Ayoola
Nigeria, Lagos
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
Sowemimo, Gabriel Olufemi A.
Nigeria, Lagos
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
Nigeria, Lagos
University of Lagos
ODUGBEMI, TOLU
Nigeria, Lagos
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
Nigeria, Lagos
University of Lagos
Statistics
Citations: 63
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0305-4179(92)90175-T
ISSN:
03054179
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Nigeria