Haemolysin production and serum resistance ability of bacteria isolates from blood culture were investigated using standard microbiological technique.
Enterobactor species were the bacteria isolates with the highest prevalence of β-haemolysin production while
klebsiella
species were the least. No strain of
Citrobacter freundii
,
Proteus vulgaris
,
Alcaligenes
species and coagulase negative
Staphylococcus
produced haemolysis. No bacteria species was sensitive to the bactericidal action of normal human serum. There was no association between haemolysin production and resistance to ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone and ceftazidime. Conclusively, bacteria agents of septicemia are very virulence and urgent treatment is advocated to stem the tile of associated sequelae.