title: [Bacteriology of neonatal septicemia in Dakar].
abstract: Between February 1983 and February 1991, 471 blood cultures from newborns with neonatal infection, aged from 0 to 30 days, admitted to the Pediatric Hospital Albert Royer, Dakar, were performed. In 141 (30.3 percent) cases, one bacterium was isolated. Three major causative organisms were identified: Klebsiella spp (28.6 percent), E. coli (19.5 percent) and S. aureus (17.4 percent). Altogether, we isolated 99 (69.2 percent) enterobacteria, 7 (4.8 percent) other Gram negative bacilli and 37 (25.8 percent) Gram positive cocci among which 25 S. aureus, 10 streptococci (7 group B, 2 group D, 1 group A and 2 pneumococci). The most efficient antibiotics were amikacin and third generation cephalosporins.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Faculté de Médecine, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Cissé
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Sow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ba
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ouangre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samb
mesh_terms: D000583:Amikacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000583:Amikacin
vernacular_title: Bactériologie des septicémies néonatales à Dakar.