Isolation and Identification of Some Bacteria from Severe Infections Among Children in the West Bank of Mosul City
Infections caused by bacteria are common in infants and neonates. Some of these infections are severe and usually carry high risk of fatal complications such as septicemia and / meningitis if left un-treated. Very often, the diagnosis of these infections is clinical as well as laboratory diagnosis t...
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| description | Infections caused by bacteria are common in infants and neonates. Some of these infections are severe and usually carry high risk of fatal complications such as septicemia and / meningitis if left un-treated. Very often, the diagnosis of these infections is clinical as well as laboratory diagnosis to determine the type of bacteria in body fluids such as urine, stool, blood and CSF. The present study aims to isolate and identify the bacteria responsible for some types of severe infections in neonates such as urinary tract infections (UTI), gastrointestinal tract (GIT) infections and bacteremia in West bank of Mosul city and test their susceptibility to different antibiotics. Twenty-seven (27) samples from blood, 28 from urine and 6 from stool were collected from neonates admitted to "Mosul General Hospital" in West Bank of Mosul city in the period between 1/7/2018 to 1/9/2018. Our results indicated that <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> was the most common bacterial isolate in blood (81%), whereas both <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> and <em>Esch. coli</em> were common in urine (48% and 43% respectively) followed by <em>Proteus</em> and <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em> (4.5 % each). Both <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> and <em>Esch. coli</em> were highly sensitive to amoxiclav (83% for and 100% respectively), levofloxacin (88% for <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> and 100 % for <em>Esch.coli</em>) and meropenem (100% for both <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> and <em>Esch .coli</em>). However, both of them were highly resistant to ampicillins (100%) and 3rd generation cephalosporins. Although meropenem is effective, it's use should be selected and restricted to highly resistant cases to avoid the emergence of early antibiotic resistance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aeacd565fae84ad98c027b677ddf77502022-12-22T00:03:58ZaraCollege of Education for Pure Sciencesمجلة التربية والعلم1812-125X2664-25302020-06-0129221622910.33899/edusj.2020.165308165308Isolation and Identification of Some Bacteria from Severe Infections Among Children in the West Bank of Mosul CityAlaa Younis Al-HammadiInfections caused by bacteria are common in infants and neonates. Some of these infections are severe and usually carry high risk of fatal complications such as septicemia and / meningitis if left un-treated. Very often, the diagnosis of these infections is clinical as well as laboratory diagnosis to determine the type of bacteria in body fluids such as urine, stool, blood and CSF. The present study aims to isolate and identify the bacteria responsible for some types of severe infections in neonates such as urinary tract infections (UTI), gastrointestinal tract (GIT) infections and bacteremia in West bank of Mosul city and test their susceptibility to different antibiotics. Twenty-seven (27) samples from blood, 28 from urine and 6 from stool were collected from neonates admitted to "Mosul General Hospital" in West Bank of Mosul city in the period between 1/7/2018 to 1/9/2018. Our results indicated that <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> was the most common bacterial isolate in blood (81%), whereas both <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> and <em>Esch. coli</em> were common in urine (48% and 43% respectively) followed by <em>Proteus</em> and <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em> (4.5 % each). Both <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> and <em>Esch. coli</em> were highly sensitive to amoxiclav (83% for and 100% respectively), levofloxacin (88% for <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> and 100 % for <em>Esch.coli</em>) and meropenem (100% for both <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> and <em>Esch .coli</em>). However, both of them were highly resistant to ampicillins (100%) and 3rd generation cephalosporins. Although meropenem is effective, it's use should be selected and restricted to highly resistant cases to avoid the emergence of early antibiotic resistance.https://edusj.mosuljournals.com/article_165308_0802c46cfab02ea789f4e32c90766225.pdfwest bank of mosulbacterial infections among childrenantibiotics |
| spellingShingle | Alaa Younis Al-Hammadi Isolation and Identification of Some Bacteria from Severe Infections Among Children in the West Bank of Mosul City مجلة التربية والعلم west bank of mosul bacterial infections among children antibiotics |
| title | Isolation and Identification of Some Bacteria from Severe Infections Among Children in the West Bank of Mosul City |
| title_full | Isolation and Identification of Some Bacteria from Severe Infections Among Children in the West Bank of Mosul City |
| title_fullStr | Isolation and Identification of Some Bacteria from Severe Infections Among Children in the West Bank of Mosul City |
| title_full_unstemmed | Isolation and Identification of Some Bacteria from Severe Infections Among Children in the West Bank of Mosul City |
| title_short | Isolation and Identification of Some Bacteria from Severe Infections Among Children in the West Bank of Mosul City |
| title_sort | isolation and identification of some bacteria from severe infections among children in the west bank of mosul city |
| topic | west bank of mosul bacterial infections among children antibiotics |
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