Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of the Bacterial Isolates in Post-Operative Wound Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.docVIP

Open Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2013, 3, 159-163 /10.4236/ojmm.2013.33024 Published Online September 2013 (/journal/ojmm) Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of the Bacterial Isolates in Post-Operative Wound Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal Mohammad Shahid Raza , Anil Chander , Abirodh Ranabhat 1 1* 2 Department of Microbiology, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Department of Surgery, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Email: drchandera@ * 1 2 Received June 29, 2013; revised July 29, 2013; accepted August 5, 2013 Copyright ? 2013 Mohammad Shahid Raza et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ABSTRACT Unrestrained anti-microbial resistance (AMR) among bacterial pathogens has made the management and treatment of post-operative wound infections difficult. This study assessed the current AMR patterns of bacterial isolates in post-operative wound infections in a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Pus swabs collected from post- operative wound infections and submitted for culture and sensitivity were included in this study. Isolation and identification of the organism was done by standard microbiological methods. Antibiotic susceptibility test was performed by Kirby Bauer disc diffusion method and result was interpreted as per National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) guide lines. Of the 120 pus swabs processed for culture, 96 showed bacterial growth. Staphylococcus aureus 36 (37.5%) was the predominant gram positive isolate and Escherichia coli 24 (25%) was the major gram nega