Puerperal sepsis: predominant organisms and their antibiotic sensitivity pattern

Study of Bacterial Profile in Neonatal Sepsis and their Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Septicemia remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the newborns. The main objective of the study was to identify the common bacterial pathogens associated with neonatal sepsis and their antibiotic sensitivity pattern. During July 2015 and August 2015, 232 Blood samples were collected aseptically from newborns with sepsis in Govt. Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai and processed ...

Childhood Urinary Tract Infection in Abakaliki: Etiological Organisms and Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern

BACKGROUND Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common childhood infection in the Tropics which causes significant illness and is frequently missed, probably because of its non-specific presentation and similarity with other common illnesses. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence, common etiological agents, and the susceptibility of these pathogens to the commonly available antimicrobial agent...

Puerperal Sepsis: A Review

Neonatal Sepsis: Bacteriological Profile and Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern in Nepal Medical College

Neonatal sepsis is one of the important causes of mortality in the newborn. If treated early with the appropriate antibiotics it is possible to prevent most of the neonatal deaths due to sepsis. This study was conducted in the neonatal intensive care unit, Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal over a period of 2 years from April 2012 to March 2014.This was a prospective stud...

The Prevention of Puerperal Sepsis.

Intestinal obstruction due to a gall-stone is rare, but in 1914 Wagner16 collected 334 cases. The patients are usually fat women over 50 years of age, females being five times more numerous than male sufferers. The onset is sudden with vomiting, and at first pain and collapse are not prominent. The intestine, though obstructed, is not strangulated, as in a hernia, and since its vascular supply ...