@article{HASSAN ABDULQADER_TOWFEEQ SAADI_2019, title={THE DISTRIBUTION OF PATHOGENS, RISK FACTORS AND THEIR ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS AMONG POST-SURGICAL SITE INFECTION IN RIZGARI TEACHING HOSPITAL IN ERBIL/KURDISTAN REGION/IRAQ}, volume={22}, url={https://journal.uod.ac/index.php/uodjournal/article/view/403}, DOI={10.26682/sjuod.2019.22.1.1}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objectives: </strong><strong>to find out the incidence of Post-Surgical Site Infections, risk factors, types of the isolated bacteria and</strong> <strong>their antibiotic susceptibility patterns for patients admitted to Rizgari Teaching Hospital in Erbil city.</strong></p> <p><strong><br> </strong></p> <p><strong>Methods: A prospective study was performed on 160 patients admitted to Rizgary Teaching Hospital for surgical operations over a period of six months (November 2015 to June 2016). Culture, identification and sensitivity tests for the isolated organisms from Post-Surgical Site Infections were done by using VITEK 2 systems in Laboratory of Rizgari Hospital.</strong></p> <p><strong>Results: The incidence of PSSIs was 19.4%. <em>E.coli</em> was the most common isolated pathogen (29.2%) followed by <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> (20.8%). Both <em>Klebsiella pneumonia</em> and <em>Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus</em> had 12.5% for each. <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em> and <em>Enterococcus faecium</em> had 8.3% each and both <em>Acinetobacter baumannii</em> and Streptococcus <em>spp</em>. had only 4.2% each There was 100% resistance of <em>E. </em>coli regarding third generation cephalosporin but were 100% sensitive to Imipenem and meropenem. 60% of <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> were resistant to oxacillin (MRSA). Smoking, past medical history, contaminated wounds, long duration of operation, and improper use of antibiotics were risk factors.</strong></p> <p><strong>Conclusion: There was an increased rate of PSSIs due to risk factors. There were multi-resistant strains of isolated bacteria mainly </strong><strong><em>E.coli</em></strong><strong> and <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> which denotes the abuse of antibiotics. This can be attributed to lack of proper guidance for the use of antibiotics both prophylactically and postoperatively.</strong></p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Duhok University}, author={HASSAN ABDULQADER, HAVAL and TOWFEEQ SAADI, ABDULRAHMAN}, year={2019}, month={Oct.}, pages={1-10} }