title: Neonatal septicaemia in Calabar, Nigeria.
abstract: A three-year survey of neonatal septicaemia (363 bacteriologically proven cases) in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, has demonstrated that the dominant blood isolate was Staphylococcus aureus (53%) followed by unclassified Coliforms (20%), an unexpected Chromobacterium violaceum (5%). The incidence of neonatal septicaemia was 54.9 per 1000 live births for inborn infants. The predominant organisms were largely susceptible to gentamicin, ceftriazone and cefuroxime with a mortality rate of 19% with most (60.9%) of the fatalities being due to Gram-negative organisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. maxejen@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Anah
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Udo
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Ochigbo
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Abia-Bassey
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002861:Chromobacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003470:Culture Media; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003470:Culture Media