Bacterial Profile of Blood Stream Infections In Children Less Than Three Years Old

Alaa Al-Charrakh, Ali Al-Muhana, Zainab Al-Saadi
2005 J. Babylon Univ   unpublished
247 blood specimens were collected from prematures, infants, and children (aged from 1 day to 3 years) admitted to the hospital of maternity and pediatrics in Najaf during the period from October to December 1996. The following bacterial species were recovered: Klebsiella spp., E. coli, Staph aureus, Pseudomonas spp., Enterobacter spp. β. hemolytic streptococci, St. pyogenes, St. pnenmoniae, Enterococcus. faecalis, viridans St., Alcaligens faecalis, acinetobacter calcoaceticus, Proteus spp.,
more » ... Serratia marcescens. The most common etiologic agents of pediatric bacteremia were Klebsiella spp. and E. coli., together isolated from 68.4% of the blood samples studied. The resistance of the recovered Klebsiella spp. isolates to a number of antimicrobial agents was determined, and a pattern of multiresistance was observed which may explain the prevalence of these isolates in pediatric bacteremia in the area of the study.
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