Investigation about neonatal septicaemia in Karbala province

Abstract

This study was included investigation about neonatal septicaemia for age less than one year. studying 1126 sample taken from neonatal suffering from septicaemia was sleeping in bed ridden patients Al-Hussein hospital in Karbala province between January 2005 and August 2005 . Only 172 sample show positive result The study was also included the distribution of patients according to the age and sex. It’s found that septicaemia was more prevalence in males than female 61.63% and 38.48% respectively. It was showed that gram negative bacteria were more predominant in ratio 59.3% followed by gram positive bacteria in 40.7% also showed predominant of E. coli in 26.7%, S. aureus 22.7%, S. epidermidis 15.7% Enterobactor spp. 10.5%. The study was included study the relationship between the primary infection septicaemia in neonatal with the type of bacteria cause septicaemia. Is show predominance septicaemia in neonatal infection with jaundice in 53.3% and also show predominance S. epidermidis in this group.