A Twelve Year Retrospective Study Assessing the Prevalence of Bloodstream Infections Causing Pathogens at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Holy Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Faidah, H., Al-Said, H., Moustafa, A., Ashgar, S., Johargy, A. (2019). A Twelve Year Retrospective Study Assessing the Prevalence of Bloodstream Infections Causing Pathogens at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Holy Makkah, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 28(1), 31-39. doi: 10.21608/ejmm.2019.282381
Hani S. Faidah; Hamdi Mustafa Al-Said; Asmaa Moustafa; Sami S Ashgar; Ayman Johargy. "A Twelve Year Retrospective Study Assessing the Prevalence of Bloodstream Infections Causing Pathogens at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Holy Makkah, Saudi Arabia". EKB Journal Management System, 28, 1, 2019, 31-39. doi: 10.21608/ejmm.2019.282381
Faidah, H., Al-Said, H., Moustafa, A., Ashgar, S., Johargy, A. (2019). 'A Twelve Year Retrospective Study Assessing the Prevalence of Bloodstream Infections Causing Pathogens at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Holy Makkah, Saudi Arabia', EKB Journal Management System, 28(1), pp. 31-39. doi: 10.21608/ejmm.2019.282381
Faidah, H., Al-Said, H., Moustafa, A., Ashgar, S., Johargy, A. A Twelve Year Retrospective Study Assessing the Prevalence of Bloodstream Infections Causing Pathogens at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Holy Makkah, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 28(1): 31-39. doi: 10.21608/ejmm.2019.282381

A Twelve Year Retrospective Study Assessing the Prevalence of Bloodstream Infections Causing Pathogens at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Holy Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology
Article 5, Volume 28, Issue 1, January 2019, Page 31-39  XML PDF (421.72 K)
Document Type: New and original researches in the field of Microbiology.
DOI: 10.21608/ejmm.2019.282381
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Authors
Hani S. Faidah1; Hamdi Mustafa Al-Said email 1; Asmaa Moustafa2; Sami S Ashgar1; Ayman Johargy1
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2Medical Microbiology Department, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
Abstract
Background: This study provides on important analysis of blood stream infections trends in a tertiary care setting. Objective: To determine the significant causative agents of morbidity in general Inpatients and Critical Care Units (ICU & CCU) blood isolates, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methodology: This work was a retrospective study aiming to analyze the positive blood cultures trends from 1st January 2004 –30th November 2015 recorded in a hospital information system at the Department of Clinical Microbiology at Al Noor Specialist Hospital. Results: Over the twelve years, bacteremia due to G-ve bacteria (GNB) was found to be more prevalent than G+ve bacteria (GPB) along with a persistent increasing trend of blood stream infections (BSIs) due to Candida spp. The prevalence of bacteremia due to Gram-negative bacteria was more than the Gram-positive bacteria in general medical wards and the CCU. In the CCU, Acinetobacter spp. (16.59%), S. aureus (15.57%), and Klebsiella spp. (14.69%) were the main causes of BSIs, while S. aureus (17.32%), Streptococci spp, (11.99%), E. coli (10.42%), and Klebsiella spp. (10.19%) were the main causes of bacteremia in general medical wards. Conclusion: In comparison to previous reports, our data suggests an upsurge in risk of Gram-negative bacteremia among CCU patients. These findings are also of key significance to epidemiologists and health policy makers in order to forecast the microbial trends.
Keywords
Critical care unit; Blood isolates; Makah; Saudi Arabia
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