| The current study aimed to isolate and identify the bacteria associated with burn wounds and investigate the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern against a group of most commonly prescribed antibiotics. In total, 105 burn wound swabs were collected from burn patients admitted to the burn unit of Al-Sadr Teaching Hospital in Misan City, Iraq. The swabs had been cultured on different media; the colonies were diagnosed based on the phenotypic and culture characteristics. The bacteria were identified through cultural characters and Gram staining diagnosed by VITEK® 2 Compact Automated Systems. In total, there were nine distinct bacterial isolations, of which, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most common pathogen [20%] followed by Staphylococcus aureus [17.14%], Enterobacter spp.[16.19%], Proteus vulgaris [13.33%], Proteus mirabilis [10.47%], Escherichia coli [7.6%], Klebsiella pneumoniae [6.6%], and at last, Staphylococcus lentus and Aeromonas sobria, which had the same percentage [4.7%].Most isolates showed high resistance to Tobramycin, Trimethoprim, Cephalothin, and Imipenem while isolates mostly had high susceptibility to Amikacin, Cefotaxime, and Ciprofloxacin. Wound burn infection still represents a serious problem for burn patients with many bacteria developing different degrees of resistance to most known antibiotics. |
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