Sensitivitas Antibiotik Terhadap Bakteri yang Diisolasi dari Ulkus Diabetika di RSUD Abepura, Kota Jayapura
Diabetic ulcer is a complication of Diabetes mellitus that is often found on the legs and easily develop into an infection. For the prevention of this symtomps, antibiotic is required to accelerate the wound healing process. The purpose of this study was to determine the bacteria that infect diabetic ulcers and antibiotic sensitivity test against the bacterial isolates in Abepura hospitals, Jayapura. This study used exploratory laboratory and was conducted at the Regional Health Laboratory (Labkesda) in Jayapura. The results of the isolation and identification showed that 6 species of bacteria have been found. The bacteria which most infected patients with diabetic ulcers in hospitals Abepura was Escherichia coli (38%). The result of antibiotic sensitivity test in hospitals Abepura ceftazidime therapy, showed that antibiotic sensitivity of Siprofloxacin therapy was only 16.7%. Imipenem choice of antibiotics had a sensitivity of 100% againts 6 types of bacteria that cause infections in patients with diabetic ulcers. Other choices of antibiotics which had a sensitivity of over 50% is Nitrofurantoin (83.3%), Gentamicin, Kanamycin and Polymyxin B and 66.7% respectively.Key words: Bacterial infections, diabetic ulcers, antibiotic sensitivity