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INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE IN TIRANA, ALBANIABlood cultures <strong>in</strong> the Prizren area <strong>in</strong> 2011Violeta Kryeziu 1 , Afërdita Kurti 1 , Nurishahe Hulaj 1 , Violeta Em<strong>in</strong>i 1 ,Nazif Ahmeti 1 , Lebibe Hashani 1 , Myrvete Rexhepi 11National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Branch <strong>in</strong> Prizren, Kosovo.Aim: Blood cultures allow the isolation of a largenumber of different microorganisms that arepresent <strong>in</strong> the blood. We analyzed microbiologicalcharacteristics of all blood cultures delivered at themicrobiological laboratory of the National Instituteof Public Health of Kosova <strong>in</strong> the Branch ofPrizren.Methods: All blood cultures there were receivedand analyzed <strong>in</strong> 2011 at the microbiologicallaboratory <strong>in</strong> Prizren were <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> this study.Results: Overall, there were 558 blood culturesanalyzed <strong>in</strong> 2011 <strong>in</strong> the Prizren microbiologicallaboratory. Of these, 223 (39.96%) resulted <strong>in</strong>positive growth, while 335 (60.04%) were negative.The largest number of isolates consisted ofStaphyloccocus aureus and gram-negative bacteriaisolates of Klebsiella pneumonia.Conclusion: Based on our results, we can concludethat the most frequent causes of bacteremia are suchmicroorganisms as Staphyloccocus, Klebsiellapneumoniae and Escherichia coli. Despite limit<strong>in</strong>gfactors (such as duration, time of <strong>in</strong>cubation, andcontam<strong>in</strong>ation), blood cultures rema<strong>in</strong> the onlymethod of identification of the causes ofbacteremia and sepsis.Keywords: bacteremia, blood cultures, microorganisms, sepsis.ALBANIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT73

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