[Evaluation of blood cultures of children hospitalized in Upper Silesian Health Center of Child and Mother in Katowice].
Blood cultures (1613) taken from children hospitalized in 13 wards of Upper Silesian Health Center of Child and Mother were studied using Bact/Alert 240 monitoring system (bioMerieux). Around 17.7% of studied cultures were positive: 285 microorganisms were isolated. Gram-positive cocci dominated: 32.3% were strains of MRCNS Gram-negative rods, mainlyEnterobacteriaceae were isolated in 18.6% of cases, non-fermenters--in 12.9%, yeasts (mainly C. albicans)--in 10.5%. More frequently blood cultures were positive in Intensive Care Unit (37.5%).
Zientara
Maria
M
Katedra i Zakład Mikrobiologii Lekarskiej SUM w Katowicach.
Rudy
Maria
M
Samulska
Ewa
E
Partyka
Mirosław
M
Martirosian
Gayane
G
D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D011044:Poland