Study of antimicrobial resistance pattern in blood isolates from critical care unit at a Tertiary Care hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Microbiology Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction Microorganisms present in circulating blood are a threat to the every organ of the body Blood stream infections can have serious consequences and timely detection and identification of blood stream pathogen is one of the most important functions of microbiology laboratory Positive blood culture helps in providing a specific etiological diagnosis and antimicrobial susceptibility patternThenbspnbsp presentnbspnbsp studynbspnbsp was undertaken to find the pattern of etiological agents of BSI amp their antimicrobial susceptibilityMaterials and Methods A study was carried out from July 2016 to December 2017 at a tertiary care hospital Udaipur Rajasthan India using conventional blood culture method Organisms were identified by standard microbiological procedures and antibiotic sensitivity was performed using the kirbybauer disk diffusion methodResult and Discussion A total of 800 samples of suspected blood stream infections BSI were included during the study period Bacterial growth was obtained in 299 samples 3737 Grampositive cocci accounted for 5316 and Gram negative for 4650 and candida species as 033 of positive cultures Coagulase negative staphylococcus 3812 Staphylococcus aureus 1304 Pseudomonas species 1371 and Klebsiella species were predominant organisms The antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of blood isolates showed high resistance to routinely used antimicrobial agentsConclusion This emphasizes the importance of institutional antibiotic policy stringent infection control practices and judicious use of antibioticsKeywords BSI Antimicrobial resistance Blood isolates
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Ritu Bhatnagar, Pragnesh Patel
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