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NEONATAL SEPTICEMIA IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
Author(s) -
OHLSSON A.,
SERENIUS F.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1981.tb06234.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ampicillin , incidence (geometry) , meningitis , bacteroides fragilis , pediatrics , neonatal sepsis , sepsis , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , biology , physics , optics
. Ohlsson, A. and Serenius, F. (Division of Perinatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). Neonatal septicemia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). Neonatal septicemia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Acta Paediatr Scand, 70: 825, 1981.‐Twenty‐nine cases of neonatal septicemia from Saudi Arabia are described. A high incidence of prematurity (45 %) and congenital malformations (45 %) were found as predisposing factors. The mortality was 45 %, mainly due to severe malformations and late referrals. Thirty‐one percent of the cases grew Salmonella enteritidis species and one case of Bacteroides fragilis septicemia and meningitis is reported. Only two of the organisms isolated were sensitive to ampicillin. The importance of doing studies on neonatal septicemia on a local basis is stressed.