title: Salmonella-a new threat to neonates.
abstract: Hospital admitted 582 neonates with suspected septicaemia were studied in Microbiology Department of Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Samples being taken from neonatal unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital and a Neonatal Private Hospital in one year (January to December 2004). Blood culture was done by Lytic-centrifugation method. The isolated organisms were identified using standard laboratory procedures. Among 582 sick neonates 59(10.14%) were culture positive and the predominant organisms were Gram Negative Bacteria (89.83%). Among the isolates Klebsiella spp. was the prime organism (33.90%). Salmonella was observed as the 2nd most common cause (22.03%) for sepsis of neonates. Of these isolated Salmonella strains 46.15% were Salmonella typhi and 53.85% were Salmonella spp. Next to Imipenem, Ciprofloxacin was observed as the drug of choice for treatment of Sepsis neonatorum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangldesh.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Begum
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lutfor
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Mollah
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akhter
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Salauddin
mesh_terms: D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015378:Imipenem; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012482:Salmonella paratyphi A; D012484:Salmonella paratyphi B; D012485:Salmonella typhi; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
chemical_list: D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D015378:Imipenem