Bacterial profile and antibiogram of bacteremic Children in Karbala city ,Iraq

M. R, Al-mousawi

	Bacterial profile and antibiogram of bacteremic Children in Karbala city ,Iraq
karbala journal of pharmaceutical sciences
Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 131-139 PDF (0 K)
Author
Al-mousawi M. R
Abstract
A prospective study was carried out on 250 cases of bacteremia in pediatric age groups with fever and suspected bacteremia in children seen and admitted the Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Kerbala. This study was started from May 2014 to March 2015. Clinical and microbiological data were obtained from patient medical records. After culturing, the blood samples resulted were 103(41%) positive cultures ,consisting of 45(43.86 %) Grampositive bacterial isolates and 58 (56.14%) Gram-negative isolates, represented by Staphylococcus aureus (19.4%), alpha hemolytic Streptococcus (17.5%), ,E.coli (14.6%), Klebsiella pneumonia (9.71 %), Enterobacter cloaca (6.8 %), Enterococcus fecalis (5.83 %), Non hemolytic streptococcus (4.85 %), Proteus mirabilis and Acinitobacter buamani (3.88 %), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2.91 %), Ci t robacter (1.94 %), B-hemolytic Streptococcus, Streptococcus pneumonia , Kluyvera spp , Ewingella americana , Haemophilus influenza, Raoulktella ornitholyticus , Providencia rettgeri , Serritia rabidaen and Pseudomonas luteola was (0.97). The major infection of Bacteremia was most common in neonates(0-1 month)(63. 1%), more frequently seen in infant (1 month-2 years ) (26%) less than in children 9% and in adolescent . All bacterial strains isolated from patients were submitted to sensitivity testing, results showed various reactions toward different types of antibiotics used in this study.
Keywords
Children bacteremia; Bacterial profile; Antibiogram

Statistics Article View: 195 PDF Download: 134