title: Bacteriological profile of neonatal sepsis in a tertiary-care hospital of Northern India.
abstract: With an objective to study the bacteriological profile of neonatal sepsis a retrospective study was conducted in the neonatal unit of a referral teaching hospital in Northern India. Among neonates born over 5-year period (n=22363) incidence of culture-positive sepsis was 7.5/1000 live births (7.5%). Staphylococcus aureus (47.3%), Klebsiella pneumonia (14.9%) and Acinetobacter (14.9%) were most common organisms isolated. Sensitivity pattern of isolated organisms is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics GMCH, Chandigarh and *BPS GMC for women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana; and #Department of Microbiology, GMCH, Chandigarh, India. poonammehta73@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Poonam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marwah
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.forename: Jagdish
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chander
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guglani
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marwah
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents