title: Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia in Enugu, Nigeria. A review of 24 cases.
abstract: A 4-year study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia was carried out at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in Enugu, Nigeria. The average age of the patients was 14.7 years. Thirty-three per cent of the patients were between 0-6 months of age, with males being in the majority. Underlying factors/diseases were present in 70.8% of patients, with prematurity, chronic suppurative otitis media and leukaemia being the major ones in infancy and childhood and diabetes mellitus, urogenital disorders and head injuries in adults. Overall mortality was 50% and highest (16.6%) in the 0-6 months age group. Antipseudomonas antibiotics are extremely costly and therefore beyond the financial scope of many people in the developing world. In Nigeria aminoglycosides are the best affordable antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
authors.forename: U C
authors.initials: UC
authors.lastname: Ozumba
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality