Essay On Burn Injury

INTRODUCTION Burn injury is a serious concern around the world.1 (saha SK 2011) In India the incidence of burn injuries are very common. In spite of recent advances in the health care practices related to burn wound management and infection control practices, still infection remain the main cause of mortality. Several reports states that nearly 75% of all deaths based in burns patients are due to infection.2(Vindenes H 1995) Moreover burn injuries are highly susceptible to colonization and infection which leads to various critical complications in the management of burn victims.2 (Vindenes H 1995) Further, these infected burn wounds causes delay in epidermal maturation and deep scar formation.3( Jewo PI 2011) Patients suffering with infected burn wounds tend to stay for a longer duration in the hospital and are always associated with morbidity and high rates of mortality due to sepsis when compared with non-infected patients.4 (Maragakis LL 2008)The above said reasons are associated with several

They could be either gram positive or gram negative bacteria. Gram positive include Staphylococcus aureus, Coagulase negative staphylococci and Enterococcus spp, whereas Gram negative include Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter spp, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter spp, Proteus spp, Citrobacter sp.13,14(Agnihotri N 2004,Atoyebi OA 1992).. However the pathogens which cause infections in burns patients vary from place to place, time to time based upon the duration of hospital stay.15(Ulku A 2004) various studies have clearly mentioned that gram positive organisms predominate during 1st week with replacement by gram negative bacteria in the course of hospital stay.15(Ulku A