Abstract
Background: The rate of infection is high and heterogeneous in developing countries. This study aimed to find the rate and pattern of infection in a tertiary care hospital with a goal to improve the infection control practices. Methods: The study was conducted in the orthopedic units of a multispecialty teaching hospital. Medical records of major orthopedic surgery adult patients without immunosuppression state were included. The bacterial culture report of the wound swabs were noted over a period of one year. The bacterial culture testing was performed by a recommended method. Results: Among 2,249 orthopedic surgery patients, 83.7% were males, 49.1% had open wounds during admission and 32.2% patients were infected. Majority (64.2%) of the injuries were in the lower limb with 19.4% patients having undergone multiple surgeries during hospitalization. A total of 946 pathogens were grown from 725 specimens. Staphylococcus aureus was the maximum (48.4%) followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (26.3%) and E coli (16.7%). Among them, 57.3% were Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and was the leading pathogen causing infection among orthopedic patients. Conclusion: MRSA infection was high. Consequent to this, an interventional program entitled ‘Extended Infection Control Measures’ was designed to reduce the burden of infection.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1393-1401 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | African Health Sciences |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 01-03-2019 |
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MRSA : The leading pathogen of orthopedic infection in a tertiary care hospital, South India. / Latha, Thimmappa; Anil, Bhat; Manjunatha, Hande; Chiranjay, Mukhopadhyay; Elsa, Devi; Baby, Nayak; Anice, George.
In: African Health Sciences, Vol. 19, No. 1, 01.03.2019, p. 1393-1401.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - MRSA
T2 - The leading pathogen of orthopedic infection in a tertiary care hospital, South India
AU - Latha, Thimmappa
AU - Anil, Bhat
AU - Manjunatha, Hande
AU - Chiranjay, Mukhopadhyay
AU - Elsa, Devi
AU - Baby, Nayak
AU - Anice, George
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Background: The rate of infection is high and heterogeneous in developing countries. This study aimed to find the rate and pattern of infection in a tertiary care hospital with a goal to improve the infection control practices. Methods: The study was conducted in the orthopedic units of a multispecialty teaching hospital. Medical records of major orthopedic surgery adult patients without immunosuppression state were included. The bacterial culture report of the wound swabs were noted over a period of one year. The bacterial culture testing was performed by a recommended method. Results: Among 2,249 orthopedic surgery patients, 83.7% were males, 49.1% had open wounds during admission and 32.2% patients were infected. Majority (64.2%) of the injuries were in the lower limb with 19.4% patients having undergone multiple surgeries during hospitalization. A total of 946 pathogens were grown from 725 specimens. Staphylococcus aureus was the maximum (48.4%) followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (26.3%) and E coli (16.7%). Among them, 57.3% were Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and was the leading pathogen causing infection among orthopedic patients. Conclusion: MRSA infection was high. Consequent to this, an interventional program entitled ‘Extended Infection Control Measures’ was designed to reduce the burden of infection.
AB - Background: The rate of infection is high and heterogeneous in developing countries. This study aimed to find the rate and pattern of infection in a tertiary care hospital with a goal to improve the infection control practices. Methods: The study was conducted in the orthopedic units of a multispecialty teaching hospital. Medical records of major orthopedic surgery adult patients without immunosuppression state were included. The bacterial culture report of the wound swabs were noted over a period of one year. The bacterial culture testing was performed by a recommended method. Results: Among 2,249 orthopedic surgery patients, 83.7% were males, 49.1% had open wounds during admission and 32.2% patients were infected. Majority (64.2%) of the injuries were in the lower limb with 19.4% patients having undergone multiple surgeries during hospitalization. A total of 946 pathogens were grown from 725 specimens. Staphylococcus aureus was the maximum (48.4%) followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (26.3%) and E coli (16.7%). Among them, 57.3% were Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and was the leading pathogen causing infection among orthopedic patients. Conclusion: MRSA infection was high. Consequent to this, an interventional program entitled ‘Extended Infection Control Measures’ was designed to reduce the burden of infection.
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JO - African Health Sciences
JF - African Health Sciences
SN - 1680-6905
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