Contribution to diagnosis of microbiology results from samples obtained in the Emergency Room of a Children's Hospital
García-Bujalance, S.; Ladrón De Guevara, Cón.; Rico, A.
Enfermedades Infecciosas Y Microbiologia Clinica 20(2): 92-93
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0213-005X PMID: 11886681 Document Number: 551161
During 2000, a total of 6782 samples were processed by the Microbiology Department of the Children's Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain. Samples included 2097 urine samples, 1965 blood samples, 1418 fecal samples and 727 samples of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Of the 2097 urine samples, 408 (around 20%) were positive; Escherichia coli was the most common isolate (75.7%). Of 1418 samples of faeces, 802 were positive (56.5%); the most common isolate was Campylobacter (277 cases), followed by rotavirus (266) and Salmonella (212). Among the 727 CSF samples, enterovirus was identified in 54 cases and one isolate of Neisseria meningitidis was obtained. 1.7% of blood samples were positive; organisms isolated were E. coli (4), Klebsiella pneumoniae (1), Salmonella spp. (2), coagulase-negative staphylococci (5), Staphylococcus aureus (4), N. meningitidis (3), Streptococcus pneumoniae (3), S. agalactiae (3) and Listeria monocytogenes (1).