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Int J Clin Exp Med. 2015 Oct 15;8(10):19188-99. eCollection 2015.

Pathogen distribution and drug resistance in a burn ward: a three-year retrospective analysis of a single center in China.

International journal of clinical and experimental medicine

Hanghui Cen, Zhenbo Wu, Fan Wang, Chunmao Han

Affiliations

  1. Department of Burns, The Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang, China.
  2. Department of Hospital Infection Management Section, The Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang, China.

PMID: 26770555 PMCID: PMC4694455

Abstract

To investigate the spread of multiple-resistant strain in a burn ward to inform clinical administration of antibiotic drugs, burn wound treatment and decision-making for infection control. A 3-year retrospective analysis was conducted. Specimens from wounds, blood, catheter, sputum, urine and stool collected from inpatients of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University of Medicine between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2013 were cultured and strains were identified by automatic bacteria analysis. Sensitivity to 30 commonly used antibiotics was assessed by K-B disk diffusion. A total of 2212 strains of pathogenic bacteria or fungi were isolated (33.9% Gram-positive and 52.7% Gram-negative bacteria and 13.4% fungi), including 1466 from wound extracts, 128 from blood culture, 335 from urine culture, 5 from stool culture, 153 from sputum culture and 125 from catheters. The most frequently detected pathogens in wound secretions were Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii. The Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium, and the Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Proteus mirabilis were also frequently detected. The most frequently detected strains of fungi were Candida albicans; tropicalis, glabrata and parapsilosis, and all were highly sensitive to itraconazole, fluconazole and voriconazole but resistant to ketoconazole. Attention should be paid to MRSA, multi-resistant A. baumanni, ESBL-producing enterobacteriaceae and Carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa. Understanding the distribution of bacterial infections in Chinese hospitals will be crucial to reduce hospital-acquired infection and drug resistance.

Keywords: Burns; bacterial; drug resistance; fungal; wound infection

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