• Dr.R.Sujatha
• Mrs.Geeta Yadav
• Mr.Deepak Sameer Bind

Introduction: Due to the liberal and empirical use of antibiotics, NFGNB have emerged as important healthcare-associated pathogens. Very few laboratories in India identify these NFGNB other than Pseudomonas routinely, hence this study was undertaken to identify, isolate and study the NFGNB in patients attending tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: Present prospective research was carried out in the Department of Microbiology, in patients with NFGNB infection, attending Rama Medical College Hospital and Research Centre Kanpur, from January 2017 to December 2017. NFGNB were isolated from blood, CSF, pus, urine, drain tip, cerebrospinal fluid and other body fluids. Result: A total of 100 samples attending hospital were isolated. The prevalence rate of NFGNB was found to be 60% from various clinical samples. Maximum number of the clinical samples infected by NFGNB were from Surgery wards (55.5%) followed by Obstetrics & gynecology (36.6%) & Urology (28.3%). Higher incidence of NFGNB infection was observed in the age group of 21-40 years (44.0%), whereas, the number of infected male patient (65%) was much higher than female (35%).The bacilli were mostly observed in pus samples (41.0%) followed by urine (30.0%) and tracheal aspirates (17%). Pseudomonas aeruginosa (65%) was the predominant isolate among the non-fermenters, followed by Acinetobacter baumanii (30.10%), S. maltophilia (3.33%) & B.cepacia (1.67%). Conclusion: The aerobic NFGNB, which were usually considered as contaminants are now emerging as important nosocomial pathogens. Care in detection, evaluation of effective antibiotic options and the judicious use of antibiotics by instituting antibiotic policy of combination therapy and rigorous infection control measures will help to fight against these multidrug resistant NFGNB in the effective management of patients.

NFGNB; non-fermenters; nosocomial pathogens; S. maltophilia; P. aeruginosa.

"“Isolation of Non-Fermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli (NFGNB) in Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kanpur”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.2305-2312, March-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103288.pdf

"“Isolation of Non-Fermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli (NFGNB) in Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kanpur”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no. pp2305-2312, March-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103288.pdf