[Role of Staphylococcus coagulase negative in neonatal sepsis in patients admitted at Ghods hospital [Ghazvin-autumn 2006]]

ABSTRACT

According to the high prevalence of neonatal infection and reduce of NMR [neonatal mortality rate] as one of the health and treatment program in our country, study about prevalence of blood infection germs and predisposing factors seem necessary. In this cohort study, 118 neonat that admitted in neonatal ward and NICU of ghods hospital along 3 month evaluated based on many items such as BC [blood culture] /sex/age/admission date/ weight/type of birth/admission ward/clinical findings/predisposing factors. All of this informations acquired from patients profil. Evaluation results of 118 neonat that admitted along 3 month at ghods hospital neonatal ward and NICU that shown 26 patient [%22] have positive BC and 92 patients [%78] have negative BC. Based on result of this study found that%22 neonat have positive BC and%78 have negative BC. responsible of%34.6 positive BC was Staphylococcus cougulas negative and%65.4 was other germs. Most common predisposing factor was pretermity [%10.2] and most common clinical finding was fever [%66.9]