Outcome of Cultures and Antibiotic Susceptibility in Evaluation of Sepsis in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Ferhan KARADEMİR, Secil AYDINÖZ, Selami SÜLEYMANOĞLU, Halit ÖZKAYA, Nurittin ARDIÇ, Tolga UNSUR, Mustafa ÖZYURT, Ismail GÖÇMEN
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B AC K G R O U N D While treating patients in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), bacterial flora and determining antibiotic susceptibility profiles have great importance. M ET H O D S C reactive protein, peripheral smear, CBC and blood culture were used as laboratory investigations. At the same time, urine, lesion and drain cultures, lumbar puncture, chest X-ray and other radiological investigations were made if necessary. R E S U LT S Fifty- seven (24.5%) procreation have been found among 232 cultures. Mostly K. pneumonia 22.8%, coagulase negative Staphylococcus aureus (CONS) 22.8% and Escherichia coli were isolated. K. pneumonia and CONS were mostly isolated organisms of blood cultures and E. coli from urine cultures. Methicillin resistance rate of Staphylococcus aureus was 37.5%. CO N C L U S I O N S CONS and S. aur eu s as a gram-posit ive agent and K. pneumoniae and E. coli as a gram-negative agent were f ound as the most freq uently isolated micr oorganisms in our neo n atal intensive care unit. Beside carbapenems, amikacin and third gen erat ion ceph alosporins were also very highly sensitive against gram-neg at ive bacteria.
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