Pattern of Pediatric Bacterial Infection and Antibiotic Resistance in New Delhi

Manas Pratim Roy; Rajni Gaind; Kailash Chander Aggarwal; Harish Kumar Chellani; Indu Biswal

doi:10.1007/s13312-017-1022-5

Pattern of Pediatric Bacterial Infection and Antibiotic Resistance in New Delhi

Indian Pediatr. 2017 Feb 15;54(2):153-154. doi: 10.1007/s13312-017-1022-5.

Authors

Manas Pratim Roy¹, Rajni Gaind, Kailash Chander Aggarwal, Harish Kumar Chellani, Indu Biswal

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Pediatrics and #Microbiology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. manas_proy@yahoo.co.in.

PMID: 28285291
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-017-1022-5

Abstract

The retrospective study analyzed 1025 bacterial isolates from blood cultures collected from pediatric patients admitted in a tertiary-care hospital in New Delhi to find out drug sensitivity patterns. Staphylococcus was isolated from approximate 70% of the cultures, with 63.7% of them being methicillin-resistant. Meropenem resistance among acinetobacter was 38.6%.

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter / drug effects
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia* / drug therapy
Bacteremia* / epidemiology
Bacteremia* / microbiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Humans
India / epidemiology
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Staphylococcus / drug effects

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents