Surgical site infections,pathogens and sensitivity after emergency caesarian sections

Objective: to determine the frequency and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of pathogens involved in surgical site infections (ssi) after emergency c-sections. material and methods: in this cross-sectional study,all women undergoing emergency c-section from april 2012 to september 2012 who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were included. pus culture and sensitivity reports were collected prospectively from hospitalized patients who developed post-operative surgical site infection ssi. result: out of the 241 women enrolled,29(12%) patients had ssi. staph aureus (24%) and staph epidermis (20%) were the most frequent pathogens involved. all pathogen isolates were sensitive to gentamicine,except the least frequent pathogens take group b streptococcus and enterobacter. penicillin derivatives were found to be effective as well. cephalosporin and quinolones were ineffective against most of the frequent isolates in our study. conclusion: the selection of antimicrobial agents for empirical and prophylactic use should take into account the expected flora and bacterial resistance patterns.