Incidence of septicemia. Etiology and antimicrobial susceptibility testing among patients admitted to tertiary care hospital.

Introduction: Septicemia is considered as an important cause of life-threating infections. The study was aimed at determining the incidence of septicemia considering different age groups and gender among suspected patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Iraq.

Methodology: A total of 168 blood samples were collected and cultured using BacT/Alert 3D automated system.