AbstractAim: The present study was aimed to determine the incidence of SSIs and the prevalence of aerobic bacterialpathogens involved with their antibiogram at tertiary care hospital.Methods: This prospective study was done in the Department of Microbiology, Netaji Subhas Medical Collegeand Hospital, Bihta, Patna, Bihar. The study period of the study was one year. The patient details were recordedincluding type of surgery, type of wound infection, wound class including clean, clean contaminated andcontaminated wound and total days of stay in the hospital.Results: The patients included 14 (70%) males 6 (30%) females; the age of the patients were in a range of 17years to 70 years. 7 (35%) patients were in age group 17-34, 8 (40) patients in age group of 35-51, and 5 (25)patients in an age group of 52-70 years with mean age of 44.6 years. The duration of the surgery lasting lessthan 2 hours has been noticed in 16 (80%) cases and in remaining 4 (20%) cases the duration of surgery wasmore than 2 hours. Few cases are with the comorbidities such as 4 hypertension cases, 2 cases of chronic kidneydisease, 1 case of coronary artery disease and 1 case has been admitted with road traffic accident. A total of 11cases (55%) of SSI were culture positive out of 20 cases. The organisms isolated were Staphylococcus specieswhich includes 4 MSSA (Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus), 2 MRSA (methicillin resistantStaphylococcus aureus) and 1 Staphylococcus hemolyticus, two Enterococcus species which includes oneEnterococcus durans and another Enterococcus faecalis. Among gram negative bacteria that were isolated whichare specific to SSI included Pseudomonas aeroginosa and the other showed growth of Acinetobacter baumannii.Conclusion: We emphasized on the importance of hospital infection control monitoring with proper precautionsduring surgeries to reduce the load of SSI and better outcome of the treatment

AbstractAim: The present study was aimed to determine the incidence of SSIs and the prevalence of aerobic bacterialpathogens involved with their antibiogram at tertiary care hospital.Methods: This prospective study was done in the Department of Microbiology, Netaji Subhas Medical Collegeand Hospital, Bihta, Patna, Bihar. The study period of the study was one year. The patient details were recordedincluding type of surgery, type of wound infection, wound class including clean, clean contaminated andcontaminated wound and total days of stay in the hospital.Results: The patients included 14 (70%) males 6 (30%) females; the age of the patients were in a range of 17years to 70 years. 7 (35%) patients were in age group 17-34, 8 (40) patients in age group of 35-51, and 5 (25)patients in an age group of 52-70 years with mean age of 44.6 years. The duration of the surgery lasting lessthan 2 hours has been noticed in 16 (80%) cases and in remaining 4 (20%) cases the duration of surgery wasmore than 2 hours. Few cases are with the comorbidities such as 4 hypertension cases, 2 cases of chronic kidneydisease, 1 case of coronary artery disease and 1 case has been admitted with road traffic accident. A total of 11cases (55%) of SSI were culture positive out of 20 cases. The organisms isolated were Staphylococcus specieswhich includes 4 MSSA (Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus), 2 MRSA (methicillin resistantStaphylococcus aureus) and 1 Staphylococcus hemolyticus, two Enterococcus species which includes oneEnterococcus durans and another Enterococcus faecalis. Among gram negative bacteria that were isolated whichare specific to SSI included Pseudomonas aeroginosa and the other showed growth of Acinetobacter baumannii.Conclusion: We emphasized on the importance of hospital infection control monitoring with proper precautionsduring surgeries to reduce the load of SSI and better outcome of the treatment