Etiology of blood culture from septicemia cases and their antibiogram at a tertiary care hospital of Manipur.

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2018

Dr. Ksh. Mamta Devi, Dr. S. Damrolien, Dr. Kh. Sulochana Devi

This study was conducted in the Department of Microbiology, RIMS, Hospital from suspected septicaemic outpatients

and inpatients departments during the period from 1st Nov.2013 – 31st Oct. 2015. A total of 644 blood culture samples were

processed, of which 80(12.4%) were culture positive. Among the culture positive 72(90%) were isolated from inpatients and only 8 isolates

(10%) were from out–patients. The most predominant isolates is S.aureus 33 (41.25%) followed by E.coli 18 (22.5%), CoNS 9 (11.25%),

Enterococcus species 7(8.75%), Salmonella Species 5(6.25%), Klebsiella species 3(3.75%), Candida species 3(3.75%), Pseudomonas species

2(2.5%). Imipenem was the most effective antimicrobial against gram negative bacilli whereas Vancomycin was the most effective antimicrobial

against gram positive cocci.