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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jmrr.2395.6623.9123.2

Abstract

Burn patients are prone to sepsis mainly due to the loss of the skin barrier and immunosuppression. Burn wound infections may originate from the patient's endogenous skin, gastrointestinal, and respiratory flora or may be transferred through contact with contaminated external surfaces and infected hands of healthcare workers. Burn patients are vulnerable to infections, especially infections with multidrug resistant organisms which are usually healthcare associated. Healthcare associated infections refer to infections affecting patients in a hospital or other healthcare facility that were not present or incubating at admission. These include occupational infections among healthcare workers and infections acquired in the hospital or other healthcare facilities but appearing after discharge. This study highlights the role of Acineto bacter baumanii as the cause of septicemia in burns.

Keywords : Acineto bacter Baumani; Septicemia; Burns.

Corresponding Author : Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery & Telemedicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Pondicherry 605006, India.