Neonatal sepsis: an international perspective.
Neonatal infections currently cause about 1.6 million deaths annually in developing countries. Sepsis and meningitis are responsible for most of these deaths. Resistance to commonly used antibiotics is emerging and constitutes an important problem world wide. To reduce global neonatal mortality, strategies of proven efficacy, such as hand washing, barrier nursing, restriction of antibiotic use, and rationalisation of admission to neonatal units, need to be implemented. Different approaches require further research.
Vergnano
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International Perinatal Care Unit, Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK. s.vergnano@ich.ucl.ac.uk
Sharland
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Kazembe
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Mwansambo
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Heath
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D003906:Developing Countries; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control