Distribution and drug resistance of pathogenic bacteria isolated from infected wounds of children after Wenchuan earthquake

• Published in: Zhonghua er ke za zhi Vol. 47; no. 5; p. 332
• Main Authors: Ran, Ying-chun, Ao, Xiao-xiao, Liu, Lan, Fu, Yi-long, Tuo, Hui, Xu, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.05.2009
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Disasters; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Earthquakes; Female; Gram-Negative Bacteria - drug effects; Gram-Negative Bacteria - isolation & purification; Gram-Positive Bacteria - drug effects; Gram-Positive Bacteria - isolation & purification; Humans; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Wound Infection - microbiology; Wounds and Injuries - microbiology
• ISSN: 0578-1310

To investigate the distribution and the drug resistance pattern of pathogenic bacteria isolated from pediatric cases suffering from wounds infection following the Wenchuan earthquake. Of the ninety-eight injured children, 50 had wound infection diagnosed by clinical examination. Specimens for culture were collected from the fifty injured children and the results of bacterial identification and antibiotic resistance were retrospectively reviewed. In the fifty injured children with wound infection, microbial growth was detected in 31 (62.0%) and 21 children suffered from mixed infections (the infection rate was 67.7%). Ninety-nine pathogens were isolated, gram positive bacteria accounted for 16.16% (16 strains), Gram negative bacteria accounted for 81.82% (81 strains), and fungus 2.02% (2 strains). Staphylococcus aureus (5 strains, 5.05%), Enterococcus faecalis (3 strains, 3.03%) and Enterococcus faecium (2 strains, 2.02%) were the primary Gram-positive bacteria identified and Gram-negative infections typically