A Comparison of Multidrug Resistance Rates of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Strains in Burn Patients in Iran in 2006 and 2015

Burn patients are specifically threatened by nosocomial infections. In these patients, the body’s first line of defense is destroyed and immune system functions are decreased, especially in the first week after the burn. As a result, opportunist pathogens quickly attack the patient’s body. One such pathogen that greatly threatens the life of a burn patient is Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This study was done on 151 positivecultured burn patients (with samples taken from the burn scars) hospitalized in Sina Hospital in Tabriz, the only burn treatment hospital in northwestern Iran, from early March 2015 until the end of that year. Among these patients, 60 (39.7%) had Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 37 cases (24.5%) had Acinetobacter, 29 cases (19.2%) had Staphylococcus aureus, 14 cases (9.3%) had Klebsiella, 6 cases (4%) were of E. coli, and 5 cases (3.3%) had Enterobacteriace.