ANTIBIOGRAM OF BLOOD CULTURE IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS OF SIALKOT
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.60127/sjms.v2i5.24Keywords:
Susceptibilit, Antibiotics, Antibiogram, Blood CultureAbstract
To assess the Antibiogram of blood culture in
pediatric age group patients of AIMTH Hospital, IITH & Abdul
Sattar Lab in last one year
Methods: A retrospective observational and descriptive
study was conducted in April-June 2023 on the bacteriogram/
antibiogram of blood culture in pediatric age group patients of
Allama Iqbal memorial teaching hospital AIMTH, Imran Idress
teaching hospital IITH & Abdul Sattar lab in last one year.
The data was collected from last one year complete reports
and the reports that were incomplete excluded.
Results: A total of 1600 of sample were received during the
study period. Out of which 606 are under 18 years. Out of
606 pediatrics age group blood Culture reports 117 show
growth of different bacteria while 489 cases show no growth.
The most common bacteria found was salmonalle typhi.
Conclusion: In majority of children, salmonalle typhi was
grown from blood culture, which was resistant to first line
drugs for this bacteria.
