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Abstract

This study include isolation and diagnoses of some aerobic bacteria contaminated the post–operative wounds from infected wounds,100 samples were collected from surgery units of teaching hospital, and Al-Samawah general hospital during September 2014 to February 2015, then the samples cultured on various media (Blood agar, MacConkey agar,chrom agar). Our results showed that from 100 samples included, 73(73%) had growth and 27(27%) had no growth. Further, the present data reported that S. aureusas the commonest isolate at percentage (23.2%),followed by Staphylococcus epidermidis (20.6%), Escherichia coli (12.3%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabil, Klebsiellapneumoniae (8.2%), Enterococcus faecalis (6.8%),Citrobactersp (2.7%) and Klebsiella oxytoca, Serratiamarcescens, Acinetobactersp at percentage (1.4%). Fomites should be regarded as a possible source of since bacteria from them can be carried from the hands of theatre personnel to the patient.

Keywords

Operative wounds, Nosocomial infection, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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