[Blood cultures-bacteriological and drug resistance culture (author's transl)]

Blood cultures of 24 patients from the Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de ciências Médicas e Biológicas de Botucatu showed a prevalence of gram-negative isolates (83%) over gram-positive (16%). Among the microorganisms Salmonella typhimurium was the most frequent (25%) followed by Klepsiella sp. (21%) and Escherichia coli (17%). It was also observed that the main cuase of death was the largest occurrence of Salmonella typhimurium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa among the isolates. Regarding drug resistance gentamycin revealed more active than other antibiotic tested.