en تخصصي Special پژوهشي orginal article <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Background & Aims</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Wound infection is a major challenge in burn care and is the most common cause of death from burn. Knowledge of the major organisms that are commonly encountered in each unit is essential for effective treatment of infections. The aim of this study was to determine the type of bacterial infections in burn wounds and evaluate the frequency and antibiotic resistance of bacteria isolated from the burn section.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Materials & Methods</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> <a name="_Hlk154997033">This descriptive study </a>involved 120 burn patients from Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia, who were randomly selected from the hospital&rsquo;s database. We obtained samples from their burn wounds and performed conventional biochemical tests to identify the strains. We applied the disk diffusion method to determine the antibiotic resistance pattern. We used SPSS version 26 for the statistical analysis.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Results</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> In this study, <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> was the most common organism in the burn section. <i>Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Coagulase-negative staphylococci, Acinetobacter lwoffi, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter </i>species, and<i> Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> were next in line. According to the antibiogram, %67.7 of the strains had </span><span lang="TR" style="font-size:9.0pt">M</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt">ultiple Drug Resistance. Also, 42.3% of <i>Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcal </i>isolates were identified. </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Conclusion:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> The high frequency of Multidrug-Resistant strains in the burn ward is a serious warning in the treatment of burn wound infections in this hospital. Therefore, it seems necessary to develop new treatment strategies and follow the correct health and treatment protocols.</span></span></span></span><br> <br> &nbsp; Antibiotic Resistance, Bacterial Infection, Burn Unit, Urmia 13 22 http://ijrabms.umsu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-56-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Shohreh Afshar Yavari shafsharyavari@yahoo.com 10031947532846002453 10031947532846002453 Yes Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Sciences, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran Fatemeh Farajzadeh farajzadeh.fatemeh@yahoo.com 10031947532846002454 10031947532846002454 No Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran Kambiz Diba kambiz37diba@gmail.com 10031947532846002455 10031947532846002455 No Professor of Mycology, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran Jafar Kazemzadeh soheila80@yahoo.com 10031947532846002456 10031947532846002456 No Assistant Professor of Burn Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran