Abstract

GARCIA-URQUIJO, A. et al. Staphylococcus aureus in burns: study of incidence, tendency and presage. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2015, vol.41, n.2, pp.127-134. ISSN 1989-2055.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0376-78922015000200002.

A retrospective longitudinal descriptive study of the last 10 years in the Burns Unit of "Arnaldo Milián Castro" Hospital in Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba, was carried out with the objective of characterizing the behaviour of isolated Staphylococcus aureus in wounds caused by burns in admitted patients. It was done with 1065 samples taken with the qualitative swab method, between January 2002 and December 2011. Variables used were month and year it was done, results of the isolation, group of the microorganisms and isolated species, temporal series and prognostic rate. Staphylococcus aureus was the Gram positive organism more frequently a isolated with (68.3%), representing between 7 y 31,8% of the samples taken every year, with an annual incidence rate between 6,3 y 37,2 every 100 admitted patients. Month incidence rate were predominantly in alert zone during 2011, without epidemic peaks. The trend study showed a light tendency to decrease with respect to the last 3 years. In the follow-up we found that the isolation rate for 2012 was of 9,5 every 100 discharged patients, between the limit rate predicted (0 and 46,7 every 100 discharged patients).

Keywords : Burns; Infection in burns; Staphylococcus aureus.

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