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Problem statement: Due to continuous changes in the frequencies and antibacterial&#13; susceptibility patterns of nosocomial pathogens, periodical surveillance of these fluctuations could help&#13; the clinicians to treat hospitalized patients more efficiently whenever empirical therapies need to be&#13; considered. This study was conducted to compare the prevalence of the bacteria recovered from&#13; bloodstream samples by Bactec 9240, over the two periods of 2001-2004 and 2005-2008 and to&#13; evaluate their antibacterial susceptibility patterns. Approach: Totally, 3622 culture positive blood&#13; samples were analyzed over the periods. Antibacterial susceptibility patterns of the isolates were&#13; determined by standard disk diffusion (Kirby-Bauer) method. The data were compared in terms of&#13; quantity and quality of the pathogens and based on their distributions in three main wards.&#13; Results: Changes were observed in bacterial composition and frequencies of them, between the two&#13; periods. Compared with the first pried, increased frequencies of antibiotic resistant bacteria such as S.&#13; aureus, enterococci, acintobacter and pseudomonas were noticed in the second period. Most patients&#13; were admitted to pediatrics, followed by adults and neonates wards. Increased antibiotic resistance of&#13; the majority of the bacteria in the second period indicates the decreased efficacy of corresponding&#13; antibiotics. However, overall efficacy of some antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin and amikacin against&#13; Gram positive bacteria preserved. Conclusion: Trend of composition of the bacteria from first to&#13; second period could suggest the domination of antibiotic resistant bacteria over the sensitive ones.&#13; Appropriate strategies including strict control measures and rational prescription of the effective&#13; antibiotics may retard the trend accordingly. Vancomycin and imipenem were the most active&#13; antibiotics against Gram positive and negative bacteria. Combination of these two antibiotics is highly&#13; recommended for empirical therapy

Comparative Study of Antibacterial Susceptibility Patterns of the Bacteria Isolated from Patients' Blood Samples over Two Periods