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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1990-2-1
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pubmed:abstractText |
All blood culture reports obtained from newborns admitted in a neonatal care unit during 1983-87 were reviewed to determine the current bacteriological profile of neonatal septicemia. A total of 1160 neonates of high risk category or having clinical features suggestive of septicemia were subjected to blood culture study during this period. The culture positivity rate was 73%. Of these, 24.9% cultures were polymicrobial. Among the 1059, growths obtained, 60.1% were Gram negative, with Klebsiella, E. coli and Pseudomonas as the commonest pathogens. In Gram positive group, coagulase negative Staphylococci were most frequent, constituting 24% of the total isolates. An increasing incidence of coagulase positive Staphylococci and Pseudomonas infections was observed in recent years. Another significant finding was a comparatively high prevalence of Group D beta hemolytic isolates among streptococcal growths, with S. fecalis as the single commonest streptococci isolate.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
May
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pubmed:issn |
0019-6061
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
26
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
460-5
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading | |
pubmed:year |
1989
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Analysis of blood-culture isolates from neonates of a rural hospital.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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