DOI: 10.36347/sasjs

Pages: 127-129

Infections are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in burn patients. Three fourth of deaths in burn patients occur due to infections. The objective behind this work was to find out the bacteriological profile of burn infections and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of the organisms isolated. All the burn patients admitted during the study period were considered as the study subjects hence totally 89 patients recruited for the study. Culture and sensitivity report of respective patients were collected from the microbiology department. The most common organism isolated was Staph.aureus (34.8%) followed by pseudomonas (27%), citrobacter (25.9%), E .coli (22.2%), Klebsiella (15.8%), proteus mirabilis (3.4%) and streptococcus (01.1%). The study emphasizes the need to introduce strict aseptic measures in burnsward and to formulate an antibiotic policy in the hospital.