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Volume 5, Issue 6(Suppl)

J Infect Dis Ther, an open access journal

ISSN: 2332-0877

Euro Infectious Diseases 2017

September 07-09, 2017

September 07-09, 2017 | Paris, France

Infectious Diseases

Euro-Global Conference on

Prevalenceof pathogenicbacteria inopenandsurgicalwounds of patients attendinghospitals inBueamunicipality

NDE Godlove Tsi

University Of Buea, Cameroon

ound infections often cause harmful and costly clinical complications to our health care systems. Infected wounds impose a

significantly negative effect on patient care and recovery as infection hinders wound healing, resulting in increased patient

morbidity and mortality. We screened 212 wound specimens from patients in some health institution in Buea municipality and

analyzed for common bacteria pathogens using standard microbiological and biochemical methods. Antimicrobial susceptibility of

isolates was determined using the disc diffusion assay. A total of 169 (79.9%) samples were infected. The frequencies of isolation from

various sources were as follows; burns 100%, ulcers 86.7%, post-operative wounds 79.3% and open wounds 78.8%. 12 bacterial species

were identified;

Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae, Enterobacter aerogenes, Proteus mirabilis, Klebsiella

pneumoniae. Hafnia alvei, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia marcescens, Serratia rubideae, Serratia sakazakii and Streptococcus

. Results of antibiotic sensitivity tests revealed the most active drugs against these infectious agents to be ofloxacin (100%) and

perfloxacin (100%), followed by ceftriaxone (94.2%) and gentamicin (92%). Isolate exhibited complete resistance to oxacillin (100%).

Multi-drug resistance (resistance to five or more drugs) was exhibited by over 71.7% of isolates. Multi-drug resistance was commonly

encountered in

Staphylococcus aureus

with 31.5% of this organism being resistant to seven drugs.

Biography

Nde Godlove Tsi is currently a Second Year Student at the Faculty of Health Sciences with a Major in Medicine at the University of Buea – Cameroon.

NDE Godlove Tsi, J Infect Dis Ther 2017, 5:6(Suppl)

DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C1-032