Changes in pattern of bacteraemia at shaikh zayed medical complex Lahore

ABSTRACT

A retrospective study was conducted on 4101 blood cultures obtained from indoor patients from January 1996 to November 1996 at Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore to compare the incidence of bacteraemia and report change in sensitivity pattern of micro-organisms to different antibiotics to that of a study conducted here earlier in 1993-1994. 637 samples were found to be positive and an overall incidence of 26.65 per 1000 admissions were obtained to that of 24.6 per 1000 reported earlier. Surgery department reported the highest percentage of positive cases, 48.82% of the total. The month of July and associated summer months showed a high percentage of positive sample. Staphylococcus species reported highest incidence while Pseudomonas species was close behind [26 and 24% of the total respectively]. Cefotaxime was 72% sensitive and Ceftriaxone was 61% sensitive overall while 97% sensitive for Salmonella species. Chlorampenicol showed resistance to about half the organisms exposed to while Ciprofloxacin was 93.55% sensitive. Ceftazidime was 77.78% sensitive