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RMJ. 2020; 45(2): 287-290


Patterns of antibiotic susceptibility and resistance in some common wound pathogens from Sukkur, Pakistan

Fawad Shabbir Memon, Shaista Bano, Sarfraz Ali Tunio.

Abstract
Objective: To investigate the trends in emerging antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens isolated from patients of wound infections from Sukkur district, Sindh.
Methodology: In this cross sectional, descriptive study, bacterial isolates were identified using microscopic and standard biochemical methods. In vitro, antibiotic susceptibility testing was carried out using Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion technique.
Results: A total of 48 bacterial isolates including Staphylococcus aureus (n=23) Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=10), β-hemolytic streptococci (n=9), Escherichia coli (n=6), were recovered from different wound specimens. The Staphylococcus aureus had acquired resistance to penicillin (95.7%), methicillin (52.2%), while vancomycin remained the most effective antibiotic with 100% sensitivity rate followed by clindamycin (73.9%). Importantly, 83.33% Escherichia coli isolates were resistant to ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, and 66.66% were resistant to aztreonam and cefipime while showing sensitivity to amikacin, imipenem and meropenem. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, high rate of resistance against gentamicin while sensitivity (90.0%) to polymyxin B was observed. Resistance to antibiotics in β-hemolytic streptococci was not profound.
Conclusions: The pathogens have acquired resistance to the frontline antibiotics emphasizing the need for antibiotic stewardship in Pakistan.

Key words: Wound infections, Staphylococcus aureus, Antibiotics, Bacterial infections, Drug resistance.


 
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Memon FS, Bano S, Tunio SA. Patterns of antibiotic susceptibility and resistance in some common wound pathogens from Sukkur, Pakistan. RMJ. 2020; 45(2): 287-290.


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Memon FS, Bano S, Tunio SA. Patterns of antibiotic susceptibility and resistance in some common wound pathogens from Sukkur, Pakistan. RMJ. (2020), [cited December 06, 2023]; 45(2): 287-290.



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Memon, F. S., Bano, . S. & Tunio, . S. A. (2020) Patterns of antibiotic susceptibility and resistance in some common wound pathogens from Sukkur, Pakistan. RMJ, 45 (2), 287-290.



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Memon, Fawad Shabbir, Shaista Bano, and Sarfraz Ali Tunio. 2020. Patterns of antibiotic susceptibility and resistance in some common wound pathogens from Sukkur, Pakistan. Rawal Medical Journal, 45 (2), 287-290.



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Memon, Fawad Shabbir, Shaista Bano, and Sarfraz Ali Tunio. "Patterns of antibiotic susceptibility and resistance in some common wound pathogens from Sukkur, Pakistan." Rawal Medical Journal 45 (2020), 287-290.



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Memon, Fawad Shabbir, Shaista Bano, and Sarfraz Ali Tunio. "Patterns of antibiotic susceptibility and resistance in some common wound pathogens from Sukkur, Pakistan." Rawal Medical Journal 45.2 (2020), 287-290. Print.



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Memon, F. S., Bano, . S. & Tunio, . S. A. (2020) Patterns of antibiotic susceptibility and resistance in some common wound pathogens from Sukkur, Pakistan. Rawal Medical Journal, 45 (2), 287-290.