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Bacteremia in Ibn Al-Baladi hospital in Baghdad; Incidence etiology and antibiotic resistance of pathogens

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Baghdad Science Journal

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

baghdad science journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.167

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2411-7986

pISSN - 2078-8665

DOI - 10.21123/bsj.6.3.549-552

Subject(s) - amoxicillin , bacteremia , incidence (geometry) , medicine , antimicrobial , salmonella , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella , drug resistance , biology , bacteria , biochemistry , physics , genetics , optics , escherichia coli , gene

60 cases of Bacteremia were documented at Ibn Al-Baladi hospital during 6 months (1-1-2002 to 1-7-2002), with an incidence of 5.2 were gram-negative organisms and most common one was Salmonella and Klebsiella. Incidence was significantly higher in male than female .Antimicrobial sensitivity tests revealed that isolated bacteria are with multiple drug resistance to commonly used antimicrobial agents. Salmonella showed high resistance to cephaloxin, co-trimoxazole and amoxicillin and also Klebsiella showed resistance to cephaloxin and amoxicillin.

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