Open AccessEtiology and antimicrobial resistance patterns in early and late neonatal sepsis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Author(s) -
Juan Carlos Lona Reyes,
Miguel Ángel Verdugo Robles,
René Oswaldo Pérez Ramírez,
J Jesús Pérez Molina,
Elba Patricia Ascencio Esparza,
Edith Adriana Benítez Vázquez
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2015.eng.317
Subject(s) - neonatal intensive care unit , etiology , medicine , neonatal sepsis , sepsis , antibiotic resistance , intensive care medicine , antimicrobial , intensive care unit , pediatrics , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Neonatal sepsis is one of the main causes of death among newborn infants. Empirical antimicrobial treatment is based on epidemiological information and antimicrobial susceptibility tests. The objective of this study was to describe etiologic agents and their antimicrobial susceptibility among newborn infants with early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) or late-onset neonatal sepsis (LONS) at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.