Isolation and identification of bacteria causing nosocomial infections in Al-Shafaa General Hospital in Basrah

Abstract EN

A study was conducted in Al-Shafaa General Hospital in Basrah, to detect the types of bacteria that could cause nosocomial infections and sensitivity of these bacteria to antibiotics.

The study was done in a microbiology and immunology laboratories of the Pharmacy college in Basrah University on March 2005.

A total of 75 swabs were collected randomly, 60 swabs from patients and 15 swabs from the operation theatre.

Results indicated the absence of bacteria in the operation theatre and the presence of different types of bacteria in samples collected from patients.

Their main types include: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus species, corynebacterium species, Serratia species, Entrobacter species and other types were present insignificantly.

Results of the antibiotic sensitivity tests revealed that most of these types of bacteria were sensitive to ampiclox (ampicillin and cloxacillin) and cephalexin antibiotics, some of them are resistant to other antibiotics.