131-blood samples were collected from neonates who were admitted to the preterm
units and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Babylon Hospital for Pediatric and
Gynecology. Samples were cultured on many different media, 90(68.7%) of blood
samples with positive culture. Among 96 bacterial isolates isolated from these
cultures, 40(41.7%) gram negative bacteria versus 56(58.3%) gram positive bacteria.
The most frequently isolated bacteria were 13(32.5%) Klebsiella pneumoniae and
11(27.5%) pseudomonas aeruginosa among gram negative. while among gram
positive staphylococci have highest rate of isolation 39(69.6%) which included
16(41%) coagulase positive staphylococci and 23(59%) coagulase negative
staphylococci (CoNS). Antibiotic susceptibility test performed by disc diffusion test
for 28 antibiotics, most isolates have fully resistance to penicillins and
cephalosporins. While fully sensitivity was shown in each imipenem and meropenem
for both gram negative and gram positive bacteria.
أ.د. أمل طالب عطيه السعدي | Prof. Dr. Amal Talib Atiyah Al Sa'ady | 7114