Culture-proven early-onset neonatal sepsis in Arab states in the Gulf region: two-year prospective study
Highlights • Early-onset neonatal sepsis (EOS) in Arab states in the Gulf region is similar to that in developed countries before intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. • Escherichia coli were mostly resistant to ampicillin, despite the lack of properly implemented intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. •...
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Published in | International journal of infectious diseases Vol. 55; no. C; pp. 11 - 15 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Canada
Elsevier Ltd
01.02.2017
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Summary: | Highlights • Early-onset neonatal sepsis (EOS) in Arab states in the Gulf region is similar to that in developed countries before intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. • Escherichia coli were mostly resistant to ampicillin, despite the lack of properly implemented intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. • Although group B Streptococcus was found to be the leading cause of EOS, E. coli was the leading cause of death due to EOS. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Undefined-2 |
ISSN: | 1201-9712 1878-3511 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.12.006 |