Abstract
Background and objective: Recently infections caused by Coagulase Negative Staphylococci have increased and is one of the commonest cause of nosocomial infections. These infections are more common in patient with shunt or catheterization, immune deficiency and neonates. The purpose of present study was to investigate the blood cultures and antibiogram of infections caused by coagulase negative staphylococci in patients admitted in Pediatric Hospital.
Material and Methods: During 2 years we studied 270 samples of positive blood culture of coagulase negative staphylococci in patients clinically suspicious of septicemia in Pediatric Hospital laboratory of Tabriz regarding the sepsis and antibiogram.
Results: 54.4% of patients were male and 45.6% were female. Mean value for age was 28±10 month (minimum one day old and maximum 10 years old). 213 from 270 samples had real septicemia and 57 (21.1%) were contamination. In 7 cases (2.6%), there was resistance to vancomycin.
Conclusion: Special attention to clinical, paraclinical and repeated blood cultures are important in diagnosis of septicemia caused by coagulase negative staphylococci. Vancomycin is drug of choice for coagulase negative staphylococci septicemia.