Bacterial spectrum and antibiotic susceptibility among hospitalized pediatric cardiac patients
Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Aim: To determine the bacterial spectrum and antibiotic susceptibility among hospitalized pediatric cardiac patients. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted at at Department of Paediatrics Cardiology, National institute of Cardiovascular Disease Karachi in the duration from January, 2023 to June, 2023. Total 146 cardiac patients admitted in cardiology department having age between 1 to 16 years of either gender. Bacterial spectrum and antibiotic susceptibility were determined. Results: Escherichia Coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumonia were the most prevalent bacterial isolates. Meropenem, Linezolid and Clindamycin showed high sensitivity against majority of the bacterial isolates. Conclusion: From our study we conclude that Escherichia Coli and Klebsiella pneumonia were the most prevalent gram negative isolates while Staphylococcus aureus was the most prevalent gram positive isolate in hospitalized cardiac children in our study. We found Meropenem, Linezolid and Clindamycin showed high sensitivity against majority of the gram positive and negative isolates.
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Medicine
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4385997791