Antimicrobial resistance in neonates with suspected sepsis.

ABSTRACT:

Setting

Nobel Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal.

Objective

To determine the pattern of antimicrobial resistance and hospital exit outcomes in neonates with suspected sepsis in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Design

This hospital-based cohort study was conducted to follow patients from January to December 2019. All identified cases of suspected sepsis were enlisted from hospital records.

Results

Sepsis was suspected in 177 (88%) of the 200 cases admitted in the NICU; 52 (29%) were culture-positive. Pseudomonas was the predominant organism isolated (n = 40; 78%), followed by coagulase negative staphylococcus (n = 12, 23%). Nine (17%) of the 52 isolates were resistant to the Access and Watch group

SUBMITTER: Yadav SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8575386 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature