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The primary aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of <i> Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> in wound infections and its sensitivity to the commonly used antibiotics at SS Hospital, Varanasi, India. We received 940 relevant clinical specimens among, which 301 (32&#x0025;) was <i> P. aeruginosa</i> . Antibiotic susceptibility was determined by the disc diffusion method where cefoperazone/sulbactam was found to be most effective (74&#x0025;) followed by ciprofloxacin (58&#x0025;) and ceftazidime (54&#x0025;). Rest of the antibiotics showed a very low level of susceptibility pattern. A total of 54 (18&#x0025;) isolates were resistant to all the antibiotics tested <i> in vitro</i> .