Risk factors for possible serious bacterial infection in a rural cohort of young infants in central India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Possible serious bacterial infection (PBSI) is a major cause of neonatal mortality worldwide. We studied risk factors for PSBI in a large rural population in central India where facility deliveries have increased as a result of a government financial assistance program.

Methods

We studied 37,379 pregnant women and their singleton live born infants with birth weight ≥ 1.5 kg from 20 rural primary health centers around Nagpur, India, using data from the 2010-13 population-based Maternal and Newborn Health Registry supported by NICHD's Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research. Factors associated with PSBI were identified using multivariable Poisson regression.

Results

Two thousand one hundred twenty-three infants (6 %) had PSBI. Risk factors f

SUBMITTER: Wang ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5070173 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature