Background:

Infection by burn injury is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in burn patients, and one of the most dreadful complications in these patients, so the microbiological diagnosis of infection represents an important step at the timely treatment.

Objective:

To determine through qualitative microbiological study and quantitative analysis of the burn injury the diagnosis of infection in burn patients.

Methodology:

A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out to determine through the microbiological study of the burn injury the presence of infection in burn inpatients from the Caumatology service at Manuel Ascunce Domenech University Hospital in Camagüey. 34 burn patients were studied, their nutritional status upon admission, pre-hospital resuscitation, positivity of the quantitative and qualitative crops and the most common isolated germs were also evaluated.

Results:

In 8 of the underweight classified patients, their injuries were colonized by microorganisms. In 12 of the 79.42 % of patients who had an appropriate resuscitation, qualitative crops were found positive. In 44.12 % of injured patients found the presence of germs with a quantification greater than 105 bacteria per gram of tissue. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated in the 38.23 % of the studied patients.

Conclusions:

The quantitative bacteriological study constitutes an important element in the diagnosis of infection in the burn wound. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the main germs that colonize and infect these lesions.

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