Frequency of common Bacteria and their sensitivity to antibiotics in patients of Necrotizing fasciitis

Objective: to determine the frequency of common bacteria and their sensitivity to antibiotics in patients of necrotizing fasciitis. material and methods: the study was conducted in the whole department of surgery including orthopaedic unit,government lady reading hospital,peshawar. study design was descriptive case series while duration of study was 6 months,from january 2012 to december 2012. culture reports of 145 patients were performed and analyzed using spss 14.0r. results: in this study,145 patients presenting with necrotizing fasciitis,female to male ratio was 1.46:1. average age was 37.11 months ± 14.17sd. distribution of common bacteria shows that beta hemolytic streptococci and klebsiella was found in majority of cases which were 73(50.3%) each,followed by proteus in 60(41.4%),e coli and pseudomonas in 55(37.9%) each while 58(40%) patients have streptococcus viridans and staphylococcus aureus were observed in 51(35.2%) of patients. seventy-five percent of klebsiella were sensitive to commonly available,cost effective drug like ampicillin. conclusion: the key to overcoming the risk of this disease process is in rapid identification and prompt treatment of these lethal conditions associated with high morbity.