Open AccessNeonatal Bacterial Sepsis and Its Susceptibility Pattern in Neonatal Care Unit of Tertiary Care Hospital
Author(s) -
Abdul Hameed Tunio,
Delijan Mugheri,
Muhammad Aqeel Khan,
Wasim Sarwar Bhatti,
Abdul Majeed Soomro,
Pir Bux Ghumro,
Sultan Othman Alolayan,
Waseem Abbas Malhani,
Nadeem Baloch,
Altaf Ali Mangi,
Zehra Ahraf,
Saika Lashari,
Kanwal Baloch,
Shumaila Parveen Arain
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2530828
Subject(s) - sepsis , neonatal sepsis , antibiotics , neonatal intensive care unit , antibiotic resistance , blood culture , medicine , population , drug resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , biology , pediatrics , environmental health
Background: The drug resistance and pathogens are different in various Hospitals of any country. Very high resistance pattern is observed nowadays to the frequently used antibiotics. The important observation has been noted that most of the doctors do not obtain blood cultures before start of the antibiotics, which becomes competent source of resistance. For the same purpose, this study has been done to find out the responsible microbes causing ailment and their susceptibility towards antibiotics to plan early and effective management.
Materials and Methods: A number of 100 new borns admitted in the NICU CMC Children Hospital Larkana with signs and symptoms of sepsis were included in this research work. The study will help in provision of a comprehensive record on microorganisms causing sepsis in the neonates and their antibiotic sensitivity. The epidemiology and presence of neonatal sepsis in particular area makes it more easy and convenient to implement the rationale of empirical antibiotic strategy. Results: From100 neonatal blood samples taken for culture, only 21 proved to be positive which stands 21%. In majority gram positive bacteria were found in (85.71%=18 cases) and gram negative bacteria stood (14.28%=3 cases).Staphylococcus species were found on the large scale (52.38%=11 cases) secondly Streptococcus species (33.33%=7 cases) and the remaining were Escherichia species being least common (14.28%=3 cases).
Conclusion: Staphylococcus species provided major share as gram positive bacteria and Escherichia species were found to be major gram negative bacterial population responsible for neonatal sepsis. Profound resistance pattern is seen against widely used antibiotics. It is mandatory to have a routine check over the antibiotic resistance.