European Academic Research ISSN 2286-4822
ISSN-L 2286-4822
Impact Factor: 3.4546 (UIF)
DRJI Value : 5.9 (B+)
Article Details :
Article Name :
Bacteriological Causes of Neonatal Sepsis in Paediatric ward at Khartoum North Teaching Hospital, Sudan
Author Name :
MOHAMED AWADELKRIM AHMED1, OMER SAEED MAGZOUB2, YAHIA SHAKIR ABDELGADIR
Publisher :
Bridge Center
Article URL :
Abstract :
Neonatal sepsis can be defined as the presence of positive cultures, whether in the blood, CSF, or urine associated with systemic clinical features of infection. Methodology and results: A cross-sectional prospective hospital based study was conducted in pediatric ward, Khartoum North Teaching Hospital to determine the bacteriological causative agents of neonatal sepsis in the pediatric ward. It included all the neonates (120 neonates) who admitted to general pediatrics ward as neonatal sepsis between January 2013 and June 2013. Data was analyzed by using SPSS. Laboratory tests including blood culture was done and found to be positive in two third (81) of patients and negative in one third (39). The most common isolated organisms were E-coli 39 (48.2%), staphylococcus aureus 23 (28.3%), and Group B streptococci (GBS) 19 (23.5%). Gram negative E-coli was found in two thirds of deaths in this study. So it is considered to be the most fatal organisms that caused neonatal sepsis in the pediatric ward. Recommendations: Early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis, aggressive management as well as applying infection control protocols may decrease the neonatal mortality and morbidity.
Keywords :
neonatal sepsis, bacteriological causes, Khartoum North Teaching Hospital, Sudan
Announcements
New Launched Project
onlineresearch
Recommend & Share
Copyright © 2013: www.euacademic.org , Best Viewed in IE7+, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.