title: Neonatal sepsis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a review of 151 bacteremic neonates.
abstract: A retrospective study of 542 neonatal sepsis cases was undertaken. Bacteremia was confirmed in 151 cases. There were a total of 195 (36%) deaths. Fifty nine (39%) of the deaths were from the bacteremia cases. The incidence of sepsis was 11 per 1000 live births. Klebsiella was the leading etiologic agent (38%), with a mortality rate of 54%. Low birth weight was found to be a predisposing factor for the development of sepsis and mortality. The high incidence of sepsis, the increase in mortality rate and the spread of nosocomial infection is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Ethio Swedish Children's Hospital, Addis Ababa.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghiorghis
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000209:etiology*; D015984:Causality; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D005002:Ethiopia; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D017053:Infection Control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014504:Urban Health