<![CDATA[Background: Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and especially indeveloping countries. The incidence of neonatal septicemia varies widely between the developed world anddeveloping countries. Methods: The data was collected from the records of the Department during period(February 2019- December 2020). incubated blood culture at 37°C for 7 days. Subcultures were done ontoblood agar and MacConkey agar plates. Results: Clinical feature of neonatal septicemia as Fever 31(67%);Feeding difficulty 22 (48 %); both Jaundice and Lethargy as 9(19.5%); also, Diarrhea 7(15%); Skin rash6(13%) and Meningitis 3(6.5%).so current results showed male with positive bacterial culture (69.5%) whencompare with Female (30.5%), Among a total of 46 bacterial isolates recovered, 34 (74%) were Gramnegativeisolates more than Gram-positive isolates 12 (26%) , so among a total of 46 bacterial isolatesrecovered, E.coli were recovered from the cases as (24%) followed by both Klebsiella pneumoniae andPseudomonas as (13.5%), So Citrobacter species and Proteus mirabilis as (8.5%) , and Strep pneumoniaand Staphylococcus aureus were recovered from a single case , Staphylococcus epidermedis (7 cases - 15%).Conclusions: Most clinical feature of neonatal septicemia as Fever; Feeding difficulty; and Jaundice andLethargy, so the male with positive bacterial culture more than Female as well as gram negative bacteria ismore common septicemia children with predominant of E.coli .]]>
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