Assessment of Bacterial Profile and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Bacterial Isolates from Blood Culture in Addis Ababa Regional Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Kumera Terfa Kitila^1*, Boja Dufera Taddese¹, Tinsae K/mariam Hailu², Lemi Mosisa Sori³, Semira Ebrehim Geleto¹, Gebeyahu Zeleke Mengistu², Dawit Desta Tesfaw², Chalachew Sisay Gebeyehu², Hanna Mekonen Balcha², Daniel Melese Desalegn¹ and Abraham Tesfaye Bika^2,4

¹Ethiopia Public Health Institute (EPHI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

²City Government of Addis Ababa Public Health Research and Emergency management, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

³Department of Microbial Cellular and Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

⁴City Government of Addis Ababa Technical and Vocational Education Training Agency, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia