Bacteriological profile of neonatal sepsis and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of isolates admitted at Kanti Children's Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

• Published in: BMC research notes Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 301
• Main Authors: Yadav, Nikita Singh, Sharma, Saroj, Chaudhary, Dhiraj Kumar, Panthi, Prabhat, Pokhrel, Pankaj, Shrestha, Anil, Mandal, Pappu Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 15.05.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Ampicillin; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antibiotic susceptibility; Antibiotics; Bacteria; Bacterial infections; Bacteriological profile; Birth weight; Births; Blood culture; Care and treatment; Cefotaxime; Complications and side effects; Developing countries; Dosage and administration; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; E coli; Female; Gentamicin; Gestational age; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - blood; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - epidemiology; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - microbiology; Gram-positive bacteria; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - blood; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - epidemiology; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology; Hospitals; Humans; Imipenem; Infant mortality; Infant, Newborn; Klebsiella - drug effects; Klebsiella - isolation & purification; Laboratories; LDCs; Low birth weight; Male; Meropenem; Microbial drug resistance; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Morbidity; Neonatal sepsis; Neonatal Sepsis - blood; Neonatal Sepsis - epidemiology; Neonatal Sepsis - microbiology; Neonates; Nepal; Nepal - epidemiology; Patient outcomes; Quality management; Research Note; Risk factors; Salmonella; Sepsis; Septicemia; Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Staphylococcus infections; Streptococcus infections; Nepal; Neonates; Bacteriological profile; Antibiotic susceptibility; Neonatal sepsis

Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality of newborns (< 1 month of age). Septicemia and drug resistance is a predominant issue for neonatal death in Nepal. This study is intended to find bacteriological profile of neonatal sepsis and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the iso...