Volume : IX, Issue : XII, December - 2019

INCIDENCE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION IN CHILDREN

Dr. Sonia Barve, Dr. Sandeep Nanda, Dr. Ritu Bhatt

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Introduction: Streptococcus pneumonia is a leading cause of life threatening infections in children. It kills 1 million children under the age of five every year, >70 % of these deaths are in developing countries. So this study aims to know incidence of pneumococcal respiratory tract infection in children <12 years & to find out antibiotic susceptibility patterns. Methods: Children <12 years old with acute lower respiratory infection attending “Pediatrics OPD” of S.S.G. hospital, Baroda were included in the study. Nasopharyngeal Aspirate (NPA) was collected from the cases for bacteriological analysis. Antibiotics susceptibility tests (AST) were also performed. Results and Conclusion: 125 children were recruited in to the study. 66 were males and 59 were females. S.pneumoniae was isolated in 24 (19.2%). Highest incidence i.e. 62.5% was found in age group of 1–5 years, followed by 25% in >5 years. Out of 24 cases, 10 were females and 14 males. On AST high resistance of S.pneumoniae to Tetracycline, moderate degree of resistance to Cloxacillin, Co–trimoxazole, Clindamycin and high sensitivity to Ciprofloxacin, Ciphalexin and Amoxyclav was found.

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INCIDENCE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION IN CHILDREN, Dr. Sonia Barve, Dr. Sandeep Nanda, Dr. Ritu Bhatt INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-12 | December-2019

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