Bloodstream Bacterial Infections in Children Inpatients

Blood stream bacterial infections are one of the most common health-care associated issues, and its lead to a high mortality rates, detection of bloodstream infections in children and infants as soon as possible could prevent reaching of causative agents to other organs like kidneys, heart or brain. In spite of a significant and serious number of cases, there are few studies of bloodstream infections in pediatric patients, therefor, this study was undertaken to detect the bacteria causing bloodstream infections in pediatric inpatients and study their antibiotics susceptibility profile.

Total 380 blood specimens were collected from hospitalized children, 19.5% of them developed positive blood cultures Staphylococcus aureus caused 25.67% of total infections, followed by CoNS 22.97%, K. pneumoniae 18.90%, P. aeruginosa 16.25%, E. coli 12.16%, Acinetobacter sp. 2.70%, and Strep. pyogenes (1.35%), Whereas Ceftazidime, Amikacin, Ceftriaxone, and Vancomycin were most effective antibiotics, while maximum resistance was to Erythromycin, Penicillin G, and Cefotaxime. Regarding to the age groups and gender, 31 days-12 months age group and male were more likely to suffering from bloodstream infections.