Bacterial Isolates and Drug Susceptibility Pattern of Sterile Body Fluids from Tertiary Hospital, Northern Ethiopia: A Four-Year Retrospective Study.


Journal

Journal of pathogens
ISSN: 2090-3057
Titre abrégé: J Pathog
Pays: Egypt
ID NLM: 101571433

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
received: 12 02 2019
accepted: 13 05 2019
entrez: 3 7 2019
pubmed: 3 7 2019
medline: 3 7 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

This study was conducted in Ayder comprehensive specialized Hospital, Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia, to determine the bacterial profiles and drug susceptibility pattern from body fluids. A total of 218 patients were investigated, of which 146 (67%) were males. The age of the study subjects ranged from 2 days to 80 years with 96(44%) in the age group of 15 years and above. The overall bacterial infection was 44 (20.2 %) of which gram positive bacteria were prevalent, 23 (52.3%) than gram negative bacteria 21 (47.7%). The predominantly isolated bacteria were

Identifiants

pubmed: 31263599
doi: 10.1155/2019/5456067
pmc: PMC6556257
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

5456067

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Auteurs

Ephrem Tsegay (E)

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Health Science, Mekelle University, Mekelle, P.O. Box 1871, Ethiopia.

Aregawi Hailesilassie (A)

Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital laboratory, Mekelle University, Mekelle, P.O. Box 1871, Ethiopia.

Haftamu Hailekiros (H)

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Health Science, Mekelle University, Mekelle, P.O. Box 1871, Ethiopia.

Selam Niguse (S)

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Health Science, Mekelle University, Mekelle, P.O. Box 1871, Ethiopia.

Muthupandian Saravanan (M)

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Health Science, Mekelle University, Mekelle, P.O. Box 1871, Ethiopia.

Mahmud Abdulkader (M)

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Health Science, Mekelle University, Mekelle, P.O. Box 1871, Ethiopia.

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