title: Profile of Neonatal Sepsis due to Burkholderia capacia Complex.
abstract: We report the result of retrospective record review of the clinical profile of 59 neonates who presented to a tertiary-care extramural neonatal unit with Burkholderia cepacia complex infection. Among the 3265 admissions over 45 months, incidence of Burkholderia sepsis was 18 per 1000 admissions. Case fatality rate was 17%. Most (95%) isolates were sensitive to cotrimoxazole.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neonatology and #Microbiology, CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation and Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. appubanu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
authors.forename: Nivedhana
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Subburaju
authors.forename: Muzamil
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mustafa
authors.forename: Sulochana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Putlibai
mesh_terms: D019117:Burkholderia; D019121:Burkholderia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D000071074:Neonatal Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies