FREQUENCY OF BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM ASCETIC AND PLEURAL FLUIDS IN BUSHEHR PERSIAN GULF HOSPITAL IN 1396

Background and Aim:One of the common and valuable methods in diagnosis and staging of diseases is the study of fluid from the serous cavities of the body (pleura, peritoneum). One of the main causes of ascites and pleural effusions of the exudate type is bacterial infection, which recognizes the type of bacteria is the most important step in improving the disease. The cause of study were to investigate the type of bacteria and amount of bacterial infection in ascites and pleural effusions in Bushehr Persian Gulf HospitalMethods:This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on all samples of ascites and pleural effusions in the Persian Gulf Hospital. Samples were cultured on EMB, blood and chocolate agar mediums. for data analysis, SPSS21 software, Descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized.Results:The total number of ascites and pleural effusion cultures were 84 and 108, respectively. The number of positive in ascites and pleural effusion cultures were 24(16.6% gram positive,83.4% gram negative) and 8(50% gram positive, 50% gram negative) respectively. The Types of gram negative bacteria isolated from ascites were Seratia, Entrobacter, Kelebseilla, E.coli and gram positive include Staph aureus and Strep non hemolytic. The Types of gram negative bacteria isolated from pleural effusions were and gram positive include Staph aureus and staphylococcus epidermidis and gram negative bacteria were cocci bacilli and acenitobacter.Conclusion:This study showed that bacterial infection in ascites is more than pleural effusion in other hand One of the major causes of ascites is bacterial infection.