Isolation and identification of gram negative bacteria fromYouncl infection in general lrospital at Diyala city

Abstract

Fiiiy patients rvitir post operative. wound infections at a district general hospital in
Baaquba were tested for bacteriaf gro.wtlt' These patients were exposed to different
opeiatio's such as (labroectorny,rurgilui-pp.nd."ioty, bullets accidents ,bombirlg
accidents alddifferelt surgical operations)'Ali patients wounds were swabbed in period
from May to Augusi 2ooOlna cultured;ite isotated microorganisms were identiu.:l^:i
the bases of their ';;h;i;;ical ,cultural and biochemical characteristics'twenty srx
(52%) rvere posirive for bacterial gro*h .i*.n,y (77%) yielded a pure culture and
six(23%)of mixed .ui,ur" isolate. t1,... isoiates,l(5olo)were Pseudomonas aeruginosa
,4(20%) ,"ere E. co.li , 3(15%)were Klebsiella prreunroniae andl2(60%)were Gram
positive.The inciclerrce olbaiterial grou'th was higli among adult inore than l5 years tl-ran
chiiCren less than 13 years
"single
arrd mixed tultt"t were sixty six percent and sixty
percent were in adults more than 1S y.utt tttpectively .whereas
thirty four and forty
petcent of single and mixed culture *.t" inutttigated in children less than 13 years
respectively.rrt. ,tuo]';il;";;Jigttta 'rtt
d"t]::t,::ntamination in theater and coaclt
of the sanie irospitai, (l)were pseudomonas aeruginosa , (3)were E 'coli, (0) were
Klebsiella and (7) rvere Gram positive torlfttuttt *tlittlO; were Pseudononas aeruginosa
, (2) were !. coli , iit;; Khbsiella-and (3) were Gram pmitive for coaches