Sepsis among Neonates in a Ghanaian Tertiary Military Hospital: Culture Results and Turnaround Times.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we described the bacterial profile, antibiotic resistance pattern, and laboratory result turnaround time (TAT) in neonates with suspected sepsis from a tertiary-level, military hospital in Accra, Ghana (2017-2020). This was a cross-sectional study using secondary data from electronic medical records. Of 471 neonates clinically diagnosed with suspected sepsis in whom blood samples were collected, the median TAT from culture request to report was three days for neonates who were culture-positive and five days for neonates who were culture-negative. There were 241 (51%) neonates discharged before the receipt of culture reports, and of them, 37 (15%) were culture-positive. Of 471 neonates, twenty-nine percent (n = 139) were bacteriologically confirmed, of whom 61% (n</

SUBMITTER: Tetteh FKM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9517560 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature