National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Resistant and specially Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) Gram negative isolates from the cases of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) are a serious challenge for the treatment to clinicians. Present study was undertaken for phenotypic characterization and susceptibility pattern of Gram negative bacterial isolates from cases of CLABSI in a tertiary care institute. Materials this descriptive cross sectional hospital based study was conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital over a period of one and half year from January 2012 to June 2013. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC™s) CLABSI case definitions were used to label a case as CLABSI. Only culture proven cases, out of clinically suspected was included in the study for evaluation. Incidence Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections were (0.31%) with 38 culture positive cases. The overall rate of CLABSI was 14.64 per 1000 device days with (0.04) device utilization ratio. Gram negative isolates predominated (79%) over Gram positive isolates (21). Among Gram negative bacterial isolates from CLABSI, Klebsiella pneumoniae (40%) was the commonest followed by E. coli (26.66%). %). Rising trends of antimicrobial resistance for common Gram negative bacterial isolates were noticed. Continuous surveillance of CLABSI and microbiological reporting of culture isolates is a need of time in the health care facility.
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