Isolation and identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria from burns and wounds patients in Diyala governorate

Abstract

Patients with burns and wounds are more likely to contract an infection in the hospital than other patients due to the loss of the protective barrier (skin) and immune system disorders that appear in these patients, making the affected tissues a suitable environment for the infection. Hospital infection is one of the most severe complications that affect patients and significantly increases the rates of disease and death. Burn wound infections frequently harbor the bacteria that cause nosocomial infection, pneumonia, and other systemic infections that may eventually lead to multiple organ failures and death. Burn wound infection or sepsis may be indicated by an abrupt change in the burn wound's appearance or the burn patient's clinical status. This retrospective study was conducted at the Ba'aqubah teaching hospital.in duration march -May 2022 -, Data were collected for a number of variables including the severity of burns, demographic and clinical characteristics, laboratory data, and therapeutic devices. A total of 100 specimens,50 samples from wounds, and 50 samples from burns were collected from hospitalized burn and wound patients.