Bacteriological Profile of Clinically Suspected Septicemia Among Neonates and the Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Their Isolates: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Jharkhand
KUMAR VIMAL,
SONALIKA SINGH,
SUMANGALA BISWAS
et al.
Abstract:Objectives: Neonatal septicemia is a generalized bacterial infection that occurs during the first 4 weeks of life and is one of the four primary causes of neonatal mortality and morbidity in India. This study aims to determine the bacteriological profile and antibiotic sensitivity patterns of isolates from blood cultures of suspected septicemic neonates in a tertiary care hospital.
Methods: Two hundred and twenty-eight blood samples were collected and processed from patients in accordance with standard protoco… Show more
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