Spectrum and antibiogram of bacteria isolated from patients presenting with infected wounds in a Tertiary Hospital, northern Tanzania

• Main Authors: Nancy A. Kassam, Damian J. Damian, Debora Kajeguka, Balthazar Nyombi, Gibson S. Kibiki
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2017-12-01
• Series: BMC Research Notes
• Subjects: Wound infection; Drug resistance pattern; ESBL; Antibiogram; Surgical site infection; Diabetic wounds
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-3092-9
• ISSN: 1756-0500

Abstract Objective This study aimed to determine the spectrum and antibiogram of the isolated bacteria from patients presenting with infected wounds at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in northern Tanzania. Results Bacterial growth was observed in the vast majority of wound swabs (91.4%). Most of the bacteria isolated (62.3%) were Gram-negative rods. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common isolated organism (16%) followed by other Coliforms and Enterococcus spp. (12.5% each). Enterococcus spp. (36.4%) was the most common isolated bacteria in diabetic wounds whereas S. aureus was the most common isolated bacteria from the wounds caused by trauma (40.0%) and surgical site infection (20.6%). Resistance was high to most common antibiotics used in the hospital.