...Khalifa Al Benwan; Dalal Al Banwan Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the bacterial profiles and prevalence of antibiotic resistance patterns of bacteria causing bacteremia in febrile children and to compare levels of inflammatory markers between children with and without...

... true bacteremia, and Staphylococcus epidermidis and diphtheroids were the most common contaminants. Conclusion: The blood culture contamination rate in our studied neonatal intensive care unit was high. A variety of measures are recommended for reducing the rate of blood culture contamination to avoid...

...Rajinder M. Joshi; Noura Al Sweih; Hanan A. Bin Nakhi; Marzouq Al Azemi; Shinu Nair Background: We report a case of bacteremia caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis . Case Presentation and Intervention: A 2 years and 3 months female Kuwaiti child presented with febrile convulsions, mild cough...

... hybridized with the SAU probe only. Conclusion: Our data showed that the FISH technique was suitable for the simultaneous detection and differentiation of Staphylococcus sp. in blood cultures. Fluorescence in situ hybridization Bacteremia Staphylococcus © 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel 2010 Copyright...

...Nasser Yehia A. Aly; Hadeel N. Salmeen; Rajinder M. Joshi Objective: To report an incident of bacteremia caused by Ochrobactrum anthropi.Case Presentation and Intervention: The case of a female child aged 2 years and 10 months with a known history of long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme...

...I-Kuan Wang; Feng-Rong Chuang; Hung-Yu Chang; Chun-Liang Lin; Cheng-Ta Yang Objective: To describe a case of acute pyelonephritis associated with pleural effusion. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 39-year-old female non-smoker who had Escherichia coli bacteremia due to acute pyelonephritis...