Aerobic And Facultative Bacterial Isolates From Blood Cultures Of Children With Clinically Diagnosed Septicaemia.East Afr Med J. 1991 Nov;68(11):869-74.
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1991Author
Odhiambo Fibi A.
Wamola, I.A.
Ndinya-Achola, J.O.
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A total of 120 sets of blood cultures were performed aerobically from 60 children with clinically diagnosed septicaemia at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. Out of these, 36 (30%) sets from 19 (31.7%) patients yielded bacterial growth while 84 (70%) sets from 41 (68.3%) were negative. Salmonella typhimurium was the most frequently isolated bacteria (63%), followed by Staphylococcus aureus (15.8%). Salmonella typhimurium isolates were mostly multi-antibiotic resistant, most of them only sensitive to amikacin and cefotaxime, while all were resistant to ampicillin and co-trimoxazole, the most frequently used antibiotic in this hospital.
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Odhiambo F A, WAMOLA I.A And Ndinya-Achola J O.(1991). Aerobic And Facultative Bacterial Isolates From Blood Cultures Of Children With Clinically Diagnosed Septicaemia.East Afr Med J. 1991 Nov;68(11):869-74.Publisher
University of Nairobi
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