Bacteriological profile of wound swab and their antibiogram pattern in a tertiary care hospital, Saudi Arabia.

A total of 305 wound swabs were collected; of which 56.1% showed microbial growth. Among 187 microbial isolates, 62% were gram-negative bacteria, 30.5% were gram-positive bacteria and 7.5% were fungi. was the prevailing isolates 17.1%, followed by and , each with 13.9% and Escherichia coli with 12.8 %. with 0.1% was the least isolated bacteria. Out of 173 bacterial isolates, 46.8% were sensitive to antimicrobial agents tested, while 53.2% were resistant to one and more drug tested. Of these isolates, 22% were found to be the MDR bacteria. The highest MDR percentages was noted among (70%) followed by (53.9%), (25%) and (19.2%) and the least by (12.5%) by CONCLUSION: The microbial isolation rates from wound infection was high, with being the most prevalent. Considerable antimicrobial resistance rate to the commonly used antibiotics was discovered. Thus, regular monitoring of microbial profile and their antimicrobial sensitivity pattern in the study region in attempt to contain antimicrobial resistance is highly recommended.