Retrospective Analysis of Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Wound Infections at a Tertiary Hospital in Nguru, Yobe State Nigeria

Bularafa Mohammed Yasidi; Denue Ballah Akawu; Onah Joseph Oihoma; Jibrin Yusuf Bara; Umar Hamzat Mohammed; Gabchiya Nguru Mohammed; Zanna Baba Ali; Ladan Joshua; Hamidu Ibrahim; Okon Kenneth Okwong

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Retrospective Analysis of Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Wound Infections at a Tertiary Hospital in Nguru, Yobe State Nigeria

Bularafa Mohammed Yasidi, Denue Ballah Akawu, Onah Joseph Oihoma, Jibrin Yusuf Bara, Umar Hamzat Mohammed, Gabchiya Nguru Mohammed, Zanna Baba Ali, Ladan Joshua, Hamidu Ibrahim, Okon Kenneth Okwong

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Wound infections inflict clinical and societal consequences on the patients, but its bacteriological characteristic varies with different factors. Therefore, effective treatment and management of wound infections in hospital and community setting will require detailed epidemiological knowledge of the infecting bacterial pathogens and their antibiogram peculiar to the environment. Based on this information, we examined the prevalence and antibiogram of bacterial pathogens isolated from wound infection cases seen at the hospital over the study period. A total of 392 wound swabs/ and pus of different types of wound infections from different anatomical sites and associated clinical conditions were analyzed by standard bacteriological methods. Of the 392 clinical specimens analyzed, 301(76.8%) yielded at least one bacterial pathogen, 25(6.4%) polymicrobial, no anaerobes identified and 91(23.2%) yielded no bacterial growth, gender distribution, 204(67.8%) males and 97(32.2%) females, and majority of pathogens were recovered from septic wound infections. Overall, 7 different bacterial pathogens were identified 5(71.4%) gram-negative bacteria isolates and 2(28.6%) gram-positive bacterial isolates]. Staphylococcus aureus accounted for majority of the bacterial pathogens isolated, 162(53%) followed by coliforms 62(21%) and Pseudomonas aeroginosa 57(19%). The bacterial pathogens demonstrated high resistance to ampicillin(78%), amoxicillin(66%), and cotrimoxazole(78%), in contrast to high sensitivity pattern observed with fluoroquinolones ( ofloxacin 83%,, norfloxacin 71%, ciprofloxacin 78%), erythromycin 72%, chloramphenicol 62%, gentamycin 58% and ceftazidime 60%. The relatively high number of wound infection cases seen within the study period is of public health concern, while the low number of bacterial pathogens isolated underscores the need for improvement in the laboratory diagnostic approach for effective treatment and management of wound infections.

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Wound Infections, Bacterial Pathogens, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern, Nguru, Nigeria

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Bularafa Mohammed Yasidi, Denue Ballah Akawu, Onah Joseph Oihoma, Jibrin Yusuf Bara, Umar Hamzat Mohammed, et al. Retrospective Analysis of Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Wound Infections at a Tertiary Hospital in Nguru, Yobe State Nigeria. Am J Biomed Life Sci. 2015;3(1):1-6. doi: 10.11648/j.ajbls.20150301.11

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Bularafa Mohammed Yasidi

Department of Medical Microbiology, Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, Nigeria
Denue Ballah Akawu

Department of Medicine, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri,Nigeria
Onah Joseph Oihoma

Clinton Health Access Initiative, Nigeria Office, Abuja, Nigeria
Jibrin Yusuf Bara

Department of Internal Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi,Nigeria
Umar Hamzat Mohammed

Department of Medical Microbiology, Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, Nigeria
Gabchiya Nguru Mohammed

Department of Medical Microbiology, Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, Nigeria
Zanna Baba Ali

Department of Medical Microbiology, Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, Nigeria
Ladan Joshua

Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria
Hamidu Ibrahim

Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria
Okon Kenneth Okwong

Department of Medical Microbiology, Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Nigeria

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AU  - Bularafa Mohammed Yasidi
AU  - Denue Ballah Akawu
AU  - Onah Joseph Oihoma
AU  - Jibrin Yusuf Bara
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