Systemic bacterial and fungal infections in infants in Australian neonatal units

Neonatal infections in China, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand

“…Neonatal sepsis was defined as the growth of a single potentially pathogenic organism (bacterium or fungus) from blood or cerebrospinal fluid in infants with clinical and laboratory findings consistent with infection 13. EOS was defined as an infection among infants younger than 3 days while LOS among infants 3 days of birth or older.…”

Ten-Year Study on the Effect of Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis on Early Onset Group B Streptococcal and Escherichia coli Neonatal Sepsis in Australasia

“…2,12,13 In 1991 data collection commenced from 7 neonatal units, and by 1997 data were being collected from 14 Australian and 2 New Zealand units.…”

Neonatal infections in Asia

“…In their 2000–2003 report, the World Health Organization estimated that neonatal sepsis and pneumonia are responsible for about 1.6 million deaths each year, mainly in resource-poor countries 1. Antibiotic resistance is an important problem in resource-poor countries,2 – 5 and a survey of neonatologists in Asian countries suggested that there is a significant problem with sepsis caused by multi-resistant Gram-negative organisms and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 6. Previous studies have reported rates of hospital-acquired neonatal infections that are 3–20 times higher in resource-poor than resource-rich countries 3.…”