Open AccessBacteriological profile with their antibiograms in neonatal septicaemia in a Teaching Hospital in Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
Rufus Fernando,
B Samarawickrama
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
anuradhapura medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2345-9719
pISSN - 2279-3771
DOI - 10.4038/amj.v6i1.5769
Subject(s) - sri lanka , gallstones , medical journal , publication , medicine , cholesterol , family medicine , political science , surgery , sociology , socioeconomics , law , tanzania
Total blood culture samples received in Brain Heart Infusion broth from clinically suspected cases of st neonates from neonatal ICU from 1st January, to 31 December 2010 included for the study. Standard isolation procedures were done using blood, chocolate and MacConkey agar. All the organisms were identified by standard methods. However most Enterobactereciae were further identified using API 20E. Stokes disc diffusion method was used for susceptibility testing and ESBL detection was done using clavulanic acid .
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