Value Gastric Juice Culture of Premature Baby to Early-onset Infection Diagnosis / 现代检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the clinical value of gastric bacterial cultivation in the early diagnosis of bacterial infection in preterm infants.Methods 174 preterm with risk perinatal factors of infection in NICU of Chang’an Hospital from January 2013 to December 2014 were collected,they were given the gastric juice cultivation checking in 1 hour after birth before eat-ing,watering and giving medicine.According to the clinical symptoms and laboratory test results,they were divided into the infected group and non-infected group.Their Gastric cultivation inspection was compared and analyzed in two groups.Results The positive rate of bacterial culture of gastric fluid was 40.8% (71/174),and located in the top four is Escherichia coli 30.99% (22/71),coagulase-negative staphylococci 21.13%(15/71),Staphylococcus aureus 14.08%(10/71)and group B streptococcus 8.45% (6/71).There was relation between premature infants with bacterial culture positive and meconium stained amniotic fluid,maternal infection during pregnancy,premature rupture of membranes,but not with gestational hyper-tension,fever unrelated to the mother giving birth.Conclusion There was high positive rate of gastric juice bacterial culture with a significant correlation of early onset infection.