Journal article
Blood Culture Confirmed Bacterial Sepsis in Neonates in a North Indian Tertiary Care Center: Changes over the Last Decade
Abstract
The spectrum of organisms causing sepsis is different in developing countries. Data on the recent trends of organisms causing sepsis are limited. This study was conducted in a tertiary care neonatal unit in Northern India. All inborn babies with blood-culture-positive sepsis from 1995 to 2006 were divided into two epochs, viz. 1995 to 1998 (epoch I) and 2001 to 2006 (epoch II). Organisms were grouped into early (<72 h) and late onset (> or =72 h) sepsis groups. The …
Authors
Sundaram V; Kumar P; Dutta S; Mukhopadhyay K; Ray P; Gautam V; Narang A
Journal
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 46–50
Publisher
Editorial Committee of Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Infectious Dis
Publication Date
January 28, 2009
DOI
10.7883/yoken.jjid.2009.46
ISSN
1344-6304