INFECTIONS RELATED TO CARE IN THE VISCERAL SURGERY DEPARTMENT OF THE “CENTRE NATIONAL HOSPITALIER ET UNIVERSITAIRE HUBERT-KOUTOUKOU MAGA” (CNHU-HKM) OF COTONOU (BENIN)

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the bacteriological profile of nosocomial post-operative infections in visceral surgery at the CNHU-HKM in Cotonou. Patients and Method: The methodology used consisted in isolating and identifying the bacterial species present, firstly on 50 pus samples taken from post-operative patients whose wounds had festered and secondly in the hospital environment and on the care equipment. Results: At the end of this study, the different bacterial species found in the suppurations were: Staphylococcus aureus (36%), Enterobacter aerogenes (26%), Enterobacter gergoviae (12%), Escherichia coli (8%), Klebsiella oxytoca (4%), Citrobacter diversus (4%), Shigella flexneri (4%) and in the hospital environment, the same germs were found apart from the last three (K. oxytoca, C. diversus and S. flexneri). Conclusion: Whether from wounds or samples from the hospital environment, most of the germs isolated are multi-resistant to the antibiotics tested.