Background/Aim: Blood culture is critical in the diagnosis and treatment of blood stream
infections (BSIs) especially in children. BSIs are among the most common cause of …

Introduction: Automated blood culture systems for incubation and growth monitoring have
become the standard in high-income countries (HICs), but are still relatively expensive and …

Introduction: Antimicrobial Resistance surveillance is predicated on blood culture as a
priority clinical specimen in especially resource limited settings. Establishing trends in blood …

Background: 356 children aged'between 2 to 4 years admitted at PICU were selected for
study BD BACTEC 9050 system was used for incubation bottle'were incubated until …

Background: Bloodstream infections are an important cause of mortality in children. Blood
cultures (BCs) remain the primary means of identifying organisms and their antibiotic …

Background: Bacteremia are serious and dreaded diseases, due to their high associated
mortality, for which blood culture is the key examination for establishing the diagnosis. Little …

Bloodstream infectious diseases are prevalent in children and adults. Rapid and accurate
diagnosis of bloodstream infections primary based on conventional culture results, which …

Background Bloodstream infections (BSI) are life-threatening emergencies. Identification of
the common pathogens and their susceptibility patterns is necessary for timely empirical …

The current study was conducted to determine the epidemiology and antibiotic sensitivity
pattern of bacteria isolated from blood of septicemic patients for improved antibiotic therapy …

Objectives Blood stream infections (BSIs) are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in
children worldwide. The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence of BSI …