Bacteriological Profile Isolated from Patients with Viral Hepatitis Diseases

Background: Three types of bacterial liver infections may be distinguished: granulomatous liver disease caused by bacteria, bacterial liver abscesses, and acute bacterial hepatitis. Numerous types of hepatic infections have been linked to a wide range of bacteria, and the liver is impacted by the infection process of numerous systemic bacterial diseases. Clinical manifestations, etiological agents, and treatment modalities substantially intersect. The majority of liver-damaging bacterial infections only manifest clinically and laboratory as secondary hepatitis. Aims of the study: To show the bacterial profile in viral hepatitis patients as a preliminary investigation at Diyala province. Methodology: Cross-sectional study Included (40) patients with clinically diagnosed viral hepatitis with in a period of 1st November 2023 to 30th March 2024. Those subjects were in patients at Baaquba Teaching Hospital in Diyala province, Blood and urine samples were collected from each subject. Results: All blood and urine samples obtained from individuals with viral hepatitis yielded positive findings at percentage 26 (65%) when subjected to bacterial culture. Regarding blood culture, 19 cases were positive bacterial culture. The predominant bacterium of Gram positive was Staphylococcus haemolyticus, and for Gram-negative was Pseudomonas aeroginosa. bacterial cultures were detected in 26 cases for urine culture Also, Staphylococcus haemolyticus was the predominant Gram-positive bacterial type in urine samples of viral hepatitis patients and E. coli was the predominant type for Gram negative bacteria. Conclusion: Bacterial infections were detected in viral hepatitis patients. Bacterial cultures were detected in 26 cases for urine culture Also, Staphylococcus haemolyticus was the predominant Gram-positive bacterial type in urine samples of viral hepatitis patients and E. coli was the predominant type for Gram negative bacteria.