@article{Das_Mishra_Rath_2018, title={SURVEILLANCE OF BACTERIA METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO ORTHOPEDIC DEPARTMENT IN A TERTIARY REFERRAL HOSPITAL}, volume={11}, url={https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ajpcr/article/view/24136}, DOI={10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i6.24136}, abstractNote={<p class="Pa7"><strong>Objective: </strong>Methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus </em>(MRSA) strains have emerged independently in diverse geographic zones and MRSA and <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa </em>cause surgical site infections. Nosocomial surveillance in orthopedic surgery wards of the hospital for 16 months is presented.</p><p class="Pa7"><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 621 wound swabs were cultured on blood and MacConkey agar plates for bacteria and Sabouraud dextrose agar for fungi.</p><p class="Pa7"><strong>Results: </strong>From 468 bacterial colonies, 98 MRSA and 74 <em>P. aeruginosa </em>strains and 41 fungal strains were isolated, and fungal strains were 13 strains of <em>Aspergillus niger, </em>and 28 strains of <em>Candida albicans</em>. <em>P. aeruginosa </em>and <em>S. aureus </em>strains were susceptible to antibiotics tobramycin, ciprofloxacin, piperacillin, vancomycin, levofloxacin, and amoxyclav. Similarly, <em>A. niger </em>and <em>C. albicans </em>were susceptible to antifungals, amphotericin B (AMB), liposomal AMB, itraconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, and caspofungin.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Isolated MRSA strains were resistant to presently used common antibiotics, which attribute to the leading causatives of post-operative infection in orthopedic wounds, specifically.</p>}, number={6}, journal={Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research}, author={Das, Pulin Bihari and Mishra, Monali Priyadarshini and Rath, Siba Narayan}, year={2018}, month={Jun.}, pages={381–385} }