pyodermas.

Methods: This hospital based prospective cross-sectional study was conducted for a period of 12 months at Department of general Medicine at Mamata Medical College and Hospital. The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee. Within a period of seven months, a total of 1965 cases were examined in the outpatient and inpatient wings of the Dermatology Department and of them 200 cases were diagnosed to have pyoderma, which comprised the study population.

Results: Pyoderma was found all age groups mainly affecting 0-30 yrs age group constituting 55% of cases. There were 55% males as compared to females. There were 65% monomicrobial and 25% were polymicrobial. 60% had primary pyoderma and 40% secondary pyoderma. In the present study, lower limb was affected followed by upper limb, face, trunk and scalp. In the present study, lower limb was affected followed by upper limb, face, trunk and scalp. Majority of the patients had nil risk factors. The predominant isolate obtained was Staphylococcus aureus, followed by Beta hemolytic Streptococci. All the Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated were sensitive to vancomycin and 96% were sensitive to linezolid. Sensitivity to penicillin was 8%, to amikacin it was 75% and to doxycycline it was 84%.

Conclusion: Pyoderma is a major cause of morbidity among patients. In recent times, emerging drug resistant strains are posing difficulties in treating pyoderma. Staphylococcus aureus is most common organism causing pyoderma. Impetigo was found to be the most common type followed by furunculosis, folliculitis & ecthyma.