Amaç
This study was done to evaluate the prevalence and majör risk factors of neonatal septicemia and to identify the most common etiologic agents in our referral hospital.
Yöntem
İn this retrospeetive study, 189 infants who were admitted with the symptoms of neonatal septicemia since 23 September 2000 up to 22 September 2001 to the neonatal ward of Tabriz Children General Hospital were studied. And all the information concerning the objectives of the project like the infant's age, birth weight, gestational age, sex and blood culture results and the patient health situation at the time of hospital diseharge were evaluated. Finally, the results of our study were compared with the results of similar studies were performed in other foreign or native universities.
Bulgular
From 189 infants who were admitted with the symptoms of neonatal septicemia, just in 61 infants the clinical features of neonatal septicemia were confirmed with positive blood culture results. From 61 infants, 36% were term infants and 64% were preterm infants and there was an obvious inereased affection to early onset septicemia by preterm infants. The most common etiologic agent of neonatal sepsis was the coagulase negative staphylococci. And gram-negative enteric bacilli were the second most common etiologic agents.
Sonuç
Pretnaturity was the most important predisposing factor for affection and mortality. in spite of the results of western studies that present group A streptococci as the most common pathogenic agent, there were no evidences of affection by this microorganism in our study.
Anahtar Kelimeler
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