Open AccessFREQUENCY OF BACTEREMIA IN BURN PATIENTS IN RELATION TO THROMBOCYTOPENIA
Author(s) -
Vinod Bhavi,
Jas Karan Singh,
Gurpreet Singh,
Deepak Meena
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i9.2176
Subject(s) - bacteremia , medicine , burn injury , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Burn patients are obviously at high risk for infections due to the immune compromising effects of burn injury. E.coli is an important life-threatening pathogen in burn units [1]. The aim of this study was to determine bacteremia in the surgical and plastic surgery units of Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot.25 burn patients were chosen at random study staph aureus (6) was the dominant organism followed by E. Coli (4) in blood culture,. Eight (32%) of the total patients died and 68% survived.
Keywords: Burn, Bacteremia, Thrombocytopenia