Incidence of septicemia. Etiology and antimicrobial susceptibility testing among patients admitted to tertiary care hospital.

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION:Septicemia is considered as an important cause of life-threating infections. The study was aimed at determining the incidence of septicemia considering different age groups and gender among suspected patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Iraq. METHODOLOGY:A total of 168 blood samples were collected and cultured using BacT/Alert 3D automated system. The isolated pathogens were identified and subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing using automated Vitek 2 Compact system. RESULTS:Out of 168 blood samples, 53 (31.5%) gave positive microbial growth. Thirty-three samples (62.3%) came from male patients and 20 (37.7%) from female ones, both gender and microbial growth were significantly related (P < 0.05). Age group (21 year - 30 year) was found to have the highest percentage of positive growth (26.4%) while age group (51 year - 60 year) the lowest percentage (5.7%) of positive growth. Both microbial growth and age group were found to be associated to a significant level (P < 0.05). 36 isolates (67.9%) were Gram negative, 15 isolates (28.3%) were Gram-positive and 2 isolates (3.8%) were fungi. Salmonella typhi (41.7%) represented the most common pathogen isolated followed by Acinetobacter baumannii (22.2%). An isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed resistance to all antibiotics used. CONCLUSION:Community-acquired septicemia occurred mainly in male than female. Salmonella typhi and Acinetobacter baumannii represented the most frequent causative agents of community-acquired septicemia. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing should be performed to detect the antibiotic of choice for each pathogen causing community-acquired septicemia.

journal_name

J Infect Dev Ctries

authors

Al-Asady FM,Al-Saray DA,Obed AW

doi

10.3855/jidc.13089

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-12-31 00:00:00

pages

1387-1394

issue

12

eissn

2036-6590

issn

1972-2680

journal_volume

14

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