Bacterial aerobic Bacteraemia at AL- Kindi Teaching Hospital 2007-2009: Etiology diversity, Clinical features, and Outcome

Data regarding the incidence, etiology and outcome of Bacteraemia taken from AL-Kindi hospital were collected, and compared the situation between the three years: 2007, 2008, 2009. A total number of blood samples was (505), from this number only (70) (13.8%) is positive. The rate of positivity was significant greater in 2009 (17.7%) than 2008 (11.8%) and 2007 (9.1%). The calculated incidence of significant episodes of bacteraemia was 12.6% .The five most commonly isolated microorganisms were: Salmonella typhi30(46.8%), Staphylococcus aureus 12 (18.7%), Escherichia coli 10 (15.6%),Klebsiella 4(6.2%) and Enterobacter sp.3(4.6%) varied throughout this period, significant increase was noted in 2009. The acquisition of blood stream infections was nosocomial in 8.5% of cases.60% of Salmonella typhi were Amoxicillin resistant. Also Staph.aureus isolates, 58%were resistant to Amoxicillin and Erythromycin. Cephalexin-resistant E.coli in70% of the isolates and Gentamycin-resistant Klebsiella occurred in 75% of the isolates. The incidence of BSI did not differ significantly from other reported studies.