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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-2-1
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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0019-6061
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
460-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of blood-culture isolates from neonates of a rural hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article