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BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Microbiological analysis and identification of pathogens in orthopedic theatres: Al-Nassiriyah city's study
About authors
College of Medicine, Al-Ayen Iraqi University, AUIQ, An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Correspondence should be addressed: Kareem Al-Zirkan
Al-Zirkan KD, lecturer College of Medicine Al-Ayen Iraqi University, An Nasiriyah, Iraq; qi.ude.neyala@yfak.meerak
About paper
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was conducted in accordance with the standards of good clinical practice and evidence-based medicine.
Received: 2025-06-01
Accepted: 2025-07-06
Published online: 2025-07-15
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Fig. 1. A. Gram –ve bacteria appearance on CLED media. B. Gram +ve bacteria appetence on CLED media. C. Characteristic appetence of P. aeruginosa isolates
Fig. 2. Bacterial culture showing resistance to both Ceftazidime (CAZ), Cefixim(CFM)
Fig. 3. Visualization of the Frequency of Positive Microbial Cultures in Operating Rooms Broken Down by Sample Source. * * — indicates statically significant difference, P-value < 0.001
Table 1. Distribution of bacterial isolates in operation surgical rooms
Table 2. Antibiotic resistance patterns of the detected bacterial isolates
Note: mpicillin (AM), Amoxicillin (AMX), Amoxicillin/Clavulate (AMC), Cefaclor (CEC), Cefadroxil (CFR), Cefuroxime (CXM), Ceftriaxon (CRO), Ceftazidime (CAZ), Cefotaxim (CTX), Cefixim (CFM), Erythromycin (ERY), Ciprofloxacin (CIP), Levofuxacin (LE), Gentamycin (GM), Amikacin (AK).
