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Volume 7 Issue 8 (August, 2019)

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Evaluation of Bacterial & Fungal Sepsis in Neonates
Ashish Pratap Singh, Prashant Agarwal

Introduction: Neonatal sepsis is an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. The present study was conducted to assess bacterial & fungal sepsis in neonates. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted in the department of Pediatrics on 88 cases. In all cases, bacteriological and fungal profile of babies was assessed. Results: Out of 88 isolates, Staphylococcus aureus was the most common organism isolated accounting for about one third of the cases and second most common being Klebsiella (25%). Other organism like Pseudomonas and Escherichia Coli were uncommon. As expected there is difference in spectrum of organisms in inborn and outborn babies. Among inborn babies Klebsiella isolates exceed Staphylococci (30% vs. 21%), whereas in outborn babies staphylococci were more common as compared to Klebsiella (41% vs. 20%). Candida albicans was more common in 7 inborn babies and in 3 outborn babies. Non albicans was seen in 3 inborn babies and in 4 outborn babies. The difference was non- significant (P> 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found that the commonly encountered bacteria were Staphylococci aureus and fungus was Candida Albicans. Key words: Candida albicans, Neonatal sepsis, Staphylococcus aureus. Received: 9 June, 2019 Revised: 11 July 2019 Accepted: 13 July 2019 Corresponding Author: Dr. Prashant Agarwal, Assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences Ataria, Sitapur U.P., India This article may be cited as: Singh AP, Agarwal P. Evaluation of Bacterial & Fungal Sepsis in Neonates. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(8):251-254.

 
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