| Fiiiy patients rvitir post operative. wound infections at a district general hospital inBaaquba were tested for bacteriaf gro.wtlt' These patients were exposed to differentopeiatio's such as (labroectorny,rurgilui-pp.nd."ioty, bullets accidents ,bombirlgaccidents alddifferelt surgical operations)'Ali patients wounds were swabbed in periodfrom May to Augusi 2ooOlna cultured;ite isotated microorganisms were identiu.:l^:ithe bases of their ';;h;i;;ical ,cultural and biochemical characteristics'twenty srx(52%) rvere posirive for bacterial gro*h .i*.n,y (77%) yielded a pure culture andsix(23%)of mixed .ui,ur" isolate. t1,... isoiates,l(5olo)were Pseudomonas aeruginosa,4(20%) ,"ere E. co.li , 3(15%)were Klebsiella prreunroniae andl2(60%)were Grampositive.The inciclerrce olbaiterial grou'th was higli among adult inore than l5 years tl-ranchiiCren less than 13 years"singlearrd mixed tultt"t were sixty six percent and sixtypercent were in adults more than 1S y.utt tttpectively .whereasthirty four and fortypetcent of single and mixed culture *.t" inutttigated in children less than 13 yearsrespectively.rrt. ,tuo]';il;";;Jigttta 'rttd"t]::t,::ntamination in theater and coacltof the sanie irospitai, (l)were pseudomonas aeruginosa , (3)were E 'coli, (0) wereKlebsiella and (7) rvere Gram positive torlfttuttt *tlittlO; were Pseudononas aeruginosa, (2) were !. coli , iit;; Khbsiella-and (3) were Gram pmitive for coaches |