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. 2003 Jan-Mar;22(1):50-4.
doi: 10.4314/wajm.v22i1.27980.

A survey of common pathogens in wound in patients at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (U.P.T.H), Port Harcourt

B A Wariso  1 , C O Nwachukwu
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A survey of common pathogens in wound in patients at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (U.P.T.H), Port Harcourt

B A Wariso et al. West Afr J Med. 2003 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

During a 30-month period, January 1996 to June 1998, a total of 2458 wound swab samples were collected, cultured and identified. In descending order of frequency, the organisms isolated include: Staphylococcus aureus (31.60%), Escherichia coli (25.97%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (21.21%), Klebsiella species (10.82%), Proteus species (8.23%), non-haemolytic streptococci (1.29%), Beta-haemolytic streptococcus (0.43%) and Candida albicans (0.43%). The variation in frequency of the isolates according to sex, age and ward is reported. The antibiotic sensitivity pattern of these isolates is also presented.

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