Study of burn sepsis with special reference to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
dc.contributor.author | Nagesha, C N | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Shenoy, K J | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chandrashekar, M R | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 1996-06-01 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-31T12:23:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 1996-06-01 | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2009-05-31T12:23:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1996-06-01 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Fifty cases of burn of different degrees were subjected to clinical and microbiological studies. A total of 60 isolates were obtained. Of these, 40 (80.0% incidences) were Ps aeruginosa, 8 (16.0 incidences) Staph pyogenes, 6 (12.0% incidences) Kl pneumoniae, 4 (80.0% incidences) Esch coli and 2 (4.0% incidences) C albicans. Monobacterial cultures showed isolations in 41 cases (82.0%) and 34 (68.0%) of them were Ps aeruginosa. At the time to admission 42 cases (84.0%) were infected and during one week of hospitalisation another 8 cases (16.0%) were infected yielding an overall infection rate of 100%. The commonest organism on admission and after hospitalisation was Ps aeruginosa with isolation rates of 60.0% (30) and 20.0% (10) respectively. Gram-negative bacilli, predominantly Ps aeruginosa were found in the lower part of the body with an incidence of 74.0% (37). Staph pyogenes was found in the upper half showing an incidence of 12.0% (6) next to 20.0% (10) incidence of Ps aeruginosa. The incidence of burn infection was high in patients with deep and major burn wounds, the bacterial isolates being 76.0% (38) and 80.0% (40) respectively. Silver sulphadiazine exhibited antimicrobial action in the range of 14 to 390 microM/ml, while cerium sulphadiazine had no inhibitory effect even up to 667 microM/ml on pseudomonas isolates. Zinc sulphadiazine was effective in inhibiting the growth of 10 isolates tested in 40 to 297 microM/ml range. | en_US |
dc.description.affiliation | Department of Microbiology, Dr BR Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Nagesha CN, Shenoy KJ, Chandrashekar MR. Study of burn sepsis with special reference to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of the Indian Medical Association. 1996 Jun; 94(6): 230-3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/101018 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.source.uri | https://www.jimaonline.org.in/ | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Adolescent | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Adult | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Anti-Infective Agents, Local --therapeutic use | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Burns --complications | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Child | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Middle Aged | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Pseudomonas Infections --etiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Sepsis --microbiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Silver Sulfadiazine --therapeutic use | en_US |
dc.title | Study of burn sepsis with special reference to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
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