Isolation and Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections Among Children in the West Bank of Mosul City

AL-HAMMADI, ALAA TAHA

doi:10.33899/edusj.2019.125919.1005

	Isolation and Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections Among Children in the West Bank of Mosul City
Journal of Education and Science
Article 15, Volume 29, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 216-229 PDF (487.91 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.33899/edusj.2019.125919.1005
Author
ALAA TAHA AL-HAMMADI^*
DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, &lsquo;UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL
Abstract
Bacterial infections are common in neonates, infants and children.. Some of these infections are serious and usually carry high risk of fatal complications such as septicemia / meningitis if left un-treated. Diagnosis of such infections is usually clinical together with the identification of bacteria in body fluids such as urine, stool, blood and CSF. The aim of the current study is to isolate and identify bacteria responsible for some types of serious bacterial infection in neonates such as UTI, GIT infections and bacteremia in West bank of Mosul city sand test their susceptibility to different antibiotics. Our results indicated that Staphylococcus aureus was the most common bacterial isolate in blood (81%), whereas both Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli were common in urine (48% and 43% respectively). These microorganisms are highly sensitive to amoxiclav (83% for Staph , and 100% for E.coli) , levofloxavin ( 88% for Staph. and 100 % for E.coli) and meropenem (100% for both Staph and E.coli). However, both of them highly resistant to ampicillins (100% resistant rate) and 3rd generation cephalosporins. Although meropenem is effective, its use should be selected and restricted to highly resistant cases to avoid the emergence of early antibiotic resistance.
Keywords
West Bank of Mosul; Bacterial Infections Among Children; Antibiotics; Faculty of Education

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