Clinical Study

Risk Factor Analysis and Microbial Etiology of Surgical Site Infections following Lower Segment Caesarean Section

Table 1

Isolation of various pathogens causing surgical site infections.

Organisms isolatedNumber

Staphylococcus aureus 21 (16.4%)
Coagulase negative Staphylococcus 6 (4.68%)
Enterococcus spp.4 (3.12%)
Escherichia coli 24 (18.75%)
Klebsiella spp.19 (14.8%)
Citrobacter freundii 4 (3.12%)
Proteus vulgaris 1 (0.78%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 8 (6.25%)
Acinetobacter spp.41 (32.03%)

Total isolates128