ANTIBIOGRAM OF BLOOD CULTURE IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS OF SIALKOT

Abstract

 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.