WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Hayder Ali Hussein and Dhuha Mahdi Jabir*

ABSTRACT

Back ground: There are many ways of transmitting the opportunistic pathogen K. pneumoniae to the host, but the possibility of the bacteria being transmitted via the placenta still not fully understood. Objectives: investigation the ability of K. pneumoniae to transmit through placenta. Methods: A blood sample from a two days age female patient, was cultured on blood and MacConkey agar, and the bacteria were diagnosed and their sensitivity was tested using Vitek2 compact system. In order to determine the source of the bacteria, a swab from the hospital lobby, and both blood and urine samples from the mother have been taken. Results: The results of the diagnosis and susceptibility testing of the patient showed that the isolated bacteria were multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. while susceptible strains of K. pneumoniae were also isolated from both the hospital lobby and the mother’s urine sample. However, the bacteria isolated from the mother’s blood sample yielded the same results as the sensitivity test for the bacteria isolated from the patient. Conclusion: There is a possibility of transmission of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria through the placenta by ascending from the vagina and cervix.