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Physical signs and symptoms, though useful in identifying possible cases have limited specificity. Definitive diagnosis is by bacteriologic culture of blood samples to identify organisms and establish antibiotic susceptibility. These results are usually not available promptly. Therefore a knowledge of epidemiologic and antimicribial susceptibility pattern of common pathogens is useful for prompt treatment of patients. This report highlights the pattern of bacterial isolates in our environment from a retrospective study of our patients' records.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>One thousand, two hundred and one blood samples were analysed from children aged 0\u201315 years, admitted into the children's wards of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria with features suggesting septicaemia. Samples were collected under aseptic conditions and cultured for aerobic and anaerobic organisms. Isolates were identified using bacteriologic and biochemical methods and antibiotic sensitivity determined by agar diffusion method using standard antibiotic discs.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Bacteria was isolated in 552 (48.9%) of samples with highest rates among newborns (271 : 50.8). The most frequent isolates were <jats:italic>Staphylococcal aureus<\/jats:italic> (48.7%) and <jats:italic>Coliforms<\/jats:italic> (23.4%). Results showed high susceptibilities to the Cephalosporins (Ceftriazone- 100%:83.2%, Cefuroxime-100%:76.5%) and Macrolides (Azithromycin-100%:92.9%) for <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>coliforms<\/jats:italic> respectively. This study underscores the importance of septicaemia as a common cause of febrile illness in children and provides information on common prevalent aetiologic agents and drug susceptibilities of the commonest pathogens.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>coliforms<\/jats:italic> were the leading causes of septicaemia in children in this locality, and the third generation cephalosporins and azithromycin were shown to be effective against these pathogens.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2334-5-110","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,12,8]],"date-time":"2005-12-08T19:13:48Z","timestamp":1134069228000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":56,"title":["Bacterial isolates from blood cultures of children with suspected septicaemia in Calabar, Nigeria"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Martin M","family":"Meremikwu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chukwuemeka E","family":"Nwachukwu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anne E","family":"Asuquo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joseph U","family":"Okebe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simon J","family":"Utsalo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2005,12,8]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"258_CR1","first-page":"335","volume":"65","author":"AA Asindi","year":"1988","unstructured":"Asindi AA, Ekanem AD: Neonatal septicaemia in Calabar Nigeria. 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