Microbiological profile of neonatal septicemia in a pediatric care hospital in Delhi.

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dc.contributor.authorKapoor, Lataen_US
dc.contributor.authorRandhawa, V Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorDeb, Monoramaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-09-04en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-01T19:38:07Z
dc.date.available2005-09-04en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-01T19:38:07Z
dc.date.issued2005-09-04en_US
dc.description.abstractSepticemia continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the neonatal units and periodic review of cases to assess any changing trends in the infecting organisms and their antimicrobial susceptibility is important. Over a period of one year (July 2000 to June 2001), 632 samples of blood cultures were submitted to the bacteriology laboratory Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College. These samples were investigated for microbial etiology and the isolates obtained were tested for their susceptibility to the commonly used antibiotics. Twenty per cent (125) cases were culture positive. Gram-negative bacteria were the predominant isolates (62%), commonest being Klebsiella pneumoniae (34%) followed by E. coli (17%), Acinetobacter spp. (9%) and Enterobacter aerogenes (2%). Gram-positive cocci were isolated in 20% cases, of which coagulase negative staphylococcus was the predominant isolate (11%) followed by Enterococcus spp. (5%) and S. aureus (4%). Candida spp. was isolated from 18% of cases. Resistance to commonly used antibiotics was seen in more than 35% of isolates. An alarming observation was the very high incidence of resistance to amoxycillin+clavulanic acid and ceftriaxone (>80%). All isolates showed highest susceptibility to ciprofloxacin.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDeptt of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKapoor L, Randhawa VS, Deb M. Microbiological profile of neonatal septicemia in a pediatric care hospital in Delhi. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2005 Sep; 37(3): 227-32en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/113096
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.meshAnti-Bacterial Agents --pharmacologyen_US
dc.subject.meshDrug Resistance, Bacterialen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshGram-Negative Bacteria --drug effectsen_US
dc.subject.meshGram-Positive Bacteria --drug effectsen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshInfant, Newbornen_US
dc.subject.meshIntensive Care Units, Neonatal --statistics & numerical dataen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMicrobial Sensitivity Testsen_US
dc.subject.meshRetrospective Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshSepsis --drug therapyen_US
dc.titleMicrobiological profile of neonatal septicemia in a pediatric care hospital in Delhi.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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