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Prevalence and Antibiogram Profile of Neonatal Septicemia inKirkuk Pediatric Hospital | ||
| Tikret Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-126 | ||
| Author | ||
| Sheelan Akbar Anwar | ||
| Abstract | ||
| During periocl of Ten months, 200 cases of clinically suspected neonatal septicemia inKirkuk city rvere included in this study. The aim of the str.rdy was to identiff the car"rsative agents ofneonatal septicemia and their susceptibility to antibiotics. Blood culture was positive in 79 (39.5%)neonates, 50(63.3%) of them were males and 29(36.7Yo)were females. Out of 79 positive cases,53(67.1%) had early-onset septicemia and 26(32.9%) had late-onset septicemia. Gram-negativebacteria were encountered'in more than 90 o/o of tltese neonates. While gram-positive bacteriarepreserrted by Staphytococctts cnret$ rvere isolated from 5(6.3%) of neonates only. According toantibiotic susceptibility test it was found that the most effective drr.rg was celotaxinre followed byciprofloxacin and gentamicin. While most of the isolates were resistant to conlmonly usedantibiotics like Amoxicillin, Antpicillin, Tetracyclin, aud erl4hronlycin. | ||
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