@Article{, title={Isolation of Bacteria Causing Secondary Bacterial Infection In TheDry l ,esions Of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis عزل البكتريا التي تسبب عدوى جرثومية ثانوية في الاصابات الجافة للاشمانيا الجلدية}, author={Abdullah S. Al-Bayati عبدالله صالح البياتي and Osama M. Al-juboori اسامة محمد الجبوري and Ahmed A. Ahmed احمد عبدالعزيز احمد}, journal={Tikrit Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences مجلة تكريت للعلوم الصيدلانية}, volume={6}, number={2}, pages={160-168}, year={2010}, abstract={Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a patas itic diseas~ characterized by single or multiple
lesions. St:eomlary bacterial infection is one of the complications of the disease that can
increase the tissue destruction and the resultant :~Car. To detennine e(fectively the
incidence of real ~t:COndary bacterial infection in the dry type of cutaneous leishmaniasis
,we designed the current study. This was a cross-wctional study perfonncd in the
oulpatient c li nic of dermatology nnd veneriology at Tikrit Teaching Hospital. A total of
37 patlcnts wi1h clinical diagnosis of Cutaneous leishmanias is (dry type) were enrolled in
this study. Samples were taken from all patients. TI1e skin areas surrow1ding lhe lesions
were thoroughly cleaned using cotton wool moistened with alcoh olic iodine. After
appropriat~ ~ll:alling, the samples were collected aseptically by scraping or stel'ile swabs of
!he lesions. All the samples were transferred to M.tc Conkeys agar and blood agar. After
24 hours incubation (aerobically& an aerobically) at37 •c, the species oflhe bacteria were
determined. Then the samples were lnlnsferred to Mueller-Hinton ngar or nutrient agar for
sensitivity test. After 24 hours incubation at 37 °C, the diameters of the inhibition zones
were measured to detemtined the sensitiviLy Among the 37 patients wilh Cutaneous
leishmanil!l>i~ the result~ of the culture were positive in 12 pati•nLs (32.4%), 11 of them
(91.6%) have more than one lesion and 9 patients (75%) of them were less than 5 years
old, and 3 p3tients {25%) ..,-ere more than 5 years olcl ~acteria isolatt>d from the lesions
were Staph. anrcus in 11 patien~ (91.6%)( and all were sensitive to Rifampicin) and
E.Coli in one patient (8.3%) which was sensitive to Amikacin & Norlloxacin. The
incidence of secondary bacterial infection with a dry type ofC:L, was (32.4%), {91.6%) of
them had multip le lesions, and (75%) were less ttmn 5 years old. The mo~ common
bacterin! isolate was Staphylocuwus uureus .

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