A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON MICROBIAL ISOLATES FROM BLOOD CULTURE AND ITS SOURCE IN PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

L.SUJA; S. KRISHNAMOORTHY; SWATI RAJU; BHASKAR REDDY

Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON MICROBIAL ISOLATES FROM BLOOD CULTURE AND ITS SOURCE IN PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

L. Suja, S. Krishnamoorthy, Swati Raju, Bhaskar Reddy

Abstract :

Objectives: To determine the commonest blood culture isolate in patients with sepsis admitted in ICU in a tertiary care hospital.

Methods: This prospective observational study was done in ICU patients admitted with sepsis . They were categorized into sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock. Outcome of sepsis was studied in terms of recovery and mortality.

Results: Of 115 patients, majority had septic shock ( 46.08%) followed by severe sepsis in 34.78% and sepsis in 19.13% . MSSA was the commonest organism (25.21%) isolated in blood culture followed by E.Coli (18.26%). Major source of infection was in abdomen (20%) and respiratory tract (18.28%). Mortality was 13.63% in sepsis, 62.5% in severe sepsis and 90 % in septic shock.