All issues > Volume 27(5); 1984

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1984;27(5):433-438. Published online May 31, 1984.

Culture Study in Neonatal infection.

Ja Ye Kim, Seung Joo Lee, Keun Lee

¹Dept, of PediatricSy College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University

Abstract

Bacterial infection is a frequent and important cause of morbidity and mortality in the neonatal period. Knowing the changing pattern of neonatal bacterial infections is important and recently the group B streptococcus has been vieing with Coliforms for preeminence. This study was undertaken to observe the pattern of bacteria in the neonatal infections and for detection of group B streptococcus. The most common organisms cultured from gastric content, blood, urine, and ear swab in orders were, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter, and Escherichia coli, and group B streptococcus was not cultured. The organisms seen in the vaginal smears of mothers were gram(-) bacilli, gram(+) bacilli, gram(+) cocci, gram(+) diplococci in orders and group B streptococcus was not cultured. No significant relationship between the organisms in the infant and the birth canal was noted.

Keywords :Neonatal infection; Culture; Group B streptococcus