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

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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.

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10.21608/ejmm.2019.282381

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Critical care unit, Blood isolates, Makah, Saudi Arabia

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Hani

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Faidah

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Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Hamdi

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Al-Said

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Mustafa

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Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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hamdimustafa1@gmail.com

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Asmaa

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Moustafa

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Medical Microbiology Department, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt

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Sami

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Ashgar

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Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Ayman

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Johargy

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Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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akjohargy@uqu.edu.sa

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28

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39190

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2019-01-01

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2023-01-26

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2019-01-01

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31

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39

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1110-2179

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2537-0979

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New and original researches in the field of Microbiology.

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Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology

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

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28 Dec 2024