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International Journal of Tropical Medicine

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Culture Sensitivity Pattern and Outcome of Acinetobacter Infection among Children Admitted in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of A Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern India

Rocket Chatterjee, S.K. Moshihur Rahaman, Kanai Lal Barik, Sumanta Laha, Taraknath Ghosh and Mukut Banerjee
Page: 148-151 | Received 07 Jul 2024, Published online: 12 Aug 2024

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Abstract

Acine to bacter species, resistant to most of the available antimicrobials, is a threat to pediatric population. It is now being frequentlydetected as a cause of hospital acquired infection, which can cause pneumonia, septicemia, meningitis, urinary tract and wound infections. We sought to find the prevalence of Acinetobacter infection, pattern of drug sensitivity and outcome of patients admitted in the paediatricintensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital in last 12 months. A prospective observational study was conducted over a total of 1004 patients admitted in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit(PICU)of our hospital over a period of 1 year. Data were collected and interpreted in Microsoft Excel using standard statistical analysis. Among the 1004 blood culture reports Acinetobacter species found in 28 (2.7%) patients. Acinetobacter found sensitive to colistin (42.85 %), minocycline (35.71%), cefoperazone‐sulbactum (28.57%), amikacin (25%), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (14.28%). It shows resistance to piperacillin/tazobactam, ceftazidime, cefepime, imipenem, meropenem, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin. These patients shows a wide spectrum of illness like pneumonia (35.71%), meningitis (21.42%), urinary tract infection (14.28%), multi organ dysfunction syndrome (10.71%), or both pneumonia with meningitis in a same patient (17.85%). Among these patients some required mechanical ventilation (35.71%) and ionotropic support (28.57%). After 42 days of treatment with antibiotics majority of them was cured 20(71.42%). But unfortunately, some of them died 8(28.57%) in the course of treatment. Among the discharged patients some showed long term sequelae 3(37.5%) like delayed developmental milestones, requirement of anticonvulsants, bronchiectasis, gait abnormality, malnutrition.

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Rocket Chatterjee, S.K. Moshihur Rahaman, Kanai Lal Barik, Sumanta Laha, Taraknath Ghosh and Mukut Banerjee. Culture Sensitivity Pattern and Outcome of Acinetobacter Infection among Children Admitted in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of A Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern India.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makijtm.2024.3.148.151
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