Open AccessTime to positivity and antibiotic sensitivity of neonatal blood cultures
Author(s) -
Sarah M. Abdelhamid
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/jgid.jgid_1_17
Subject(s) - blood culture , medicine , sepsis , neonatal sepsis , vancomycin , antibiotics , neonatal intensive care unit , levofloxacin , coagulase , intensive care , antibiogram , intensive care unit , tigecycline , antibiotic sensitivity , staphylococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , staphylococcus aureus , antibiotic resistance , biology , bacteria , genetics
Sepsis is a commonly encountered and potentially life-threatening problem in neonatal intensive care units, blood culture of neonatal sepsis helps in either optimizing treatment or terminating antibiotics.