Culture-proven early-onset neonatal sepsis in Arab states in the Gulf region: two-year prospective study

• Published in: International journal of infectious diseases Vol. 55; no. C; pp. 11 - 15
• Main Authors: Hammoud, Majeda S, Al-Taiar, Abdullah, Al-Abdi, Sameer Y, Bozaid, Hussain, Khan, Anwar, AlMuhairi, Laila M, Rehman, Moghis Ur
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: Age of Onset; Antibiotic Prophylaxis - trends; Antibiotic resistance; Arabs; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Early-onset sepsis; Female; Humans; Incidence; Infant, Newborn; Infectious Disease; Male; Neonatal infection; Neonatal sepsis; Neonatal Sepsis - diagnosis; Neonatal Sepsis - epidemiology; Neonatal Sepsis - microbiology; Population Surveillance; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - drug therapy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - microbiology; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - prevention & control; Prospective Studies; Pulmonary/Respiratory; Saudi Arabia - epidemiology; Survival Rate; United Arab Emirates - epidemiology; Early-onset sepsis; Neonatal infection; Antibiotic resistance; Neonatal sepsis
• ISSN: 1201-9712; 1878-3511
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.12.006

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.