Abstract
The frequency and antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial meningitis in
children older than one month at Children's Medical Center during
2012–2017 were evaluated in this study. The CSF samples were
cultured, and antibiotic sensitivity tests were performed. The samples were
cultured on chocolate agar, blood agar (for gram positive) and Mkanky (for
gram negative). The antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolates was
determined using the disc diffusion method. In total, 72 samples were
positive for bacterial infection where Staphylococcus epidermidis
(20.8%) was seen most and Enterobacter (1.4%) and
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1.4%) was seen least. Most of these patients
were under 1 year of the age and overall frequency of positive cultures of
CSF in men (58.3%) was greater than women (41.7%). Bacterial
meningitis has relatively diverse etiological factors that include; time of
infection, geographical location and age. Most commonly seen bacteria were
Staphylococcus aureus with S.epidermidis whereas, Escherichia coli and
Pseudomonas aeruginosa was seen least. This result can be substantial in
hospitalized patients, because these bacteria are also the result of
nosocomial infections.
Key words
bacterial meningitis - children - antibiogram
