MICROBIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA THAT CAUSE NEONATAL SEPTICEMIA IN EGYPT

Abstract

Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of neonatal mortality in developing countries. Identification of the etiological agents of neonatal sepsis is essential for effective treatment. Out of 106 microbial isolates recovered blood cultures of neonatal sepsis patients, seventy (66.1 %) isolates of them were Gram positive bacteria, 31 (29.2 %) isolates were belonging to Gram negative bacteria and 5 (4.7%) isolates were belonging to Candida sp. Coagulase negative staphylococci (CONS) was the most common causative late onset neonatal septicemia (LOS), which reached to 43(40.6%) of total isolates, followed by Micrococcus, Enterobacter, coagulase positive staphylococci (COPS),Candida, Shigella, E. coli, Bacillus, Citrobacter and Klebsiella isolates, which reached to 13(12.2%), 11(10.4%), 10(9.4%), 7(6.6%), 5(4.7%), 5(4.7%), 4(3.7%),4(3.7%) and 4(3.7%), respectively.