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Background:
Neonatal sepsis is a serious problem in neonatal intensive care units, as it causes high rates of morbidity and mortality.
Archives of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
The Official Journal of Pediatric Infections Research Center, SBMU
Clinical and Bacteriological Characteristics of Neonatal Sepsis in an Intensive Care Unit in Kashan, Iran: A 2 Year Descriptive Study
Authors:
1Department of Neonatalogy, Arash Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, IR Iran
2Department of Neonatalogy, Shabihkhani Hospital, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, IR Iran
3Department Of Infectious Diseases, Arash Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, tara_soori@yahoo.com, IR Iran
Published online:Jul 15, 2013
Article type:Research Article
Received:Aug 23, 2012
Accepted:Dec 19, 2012
How to Cite:Ziba MosayebiAmir Hossein MovahedianTahereh SooriClinical and Bacteriological Characteristics of Neonatal Sepsis in an Intensive Care Unit in Kashan, Iran: A 2 Year Descriptive Study.1(2):61-64.https://doi.org/10.5812/pedinfect.7875.
Abstract
Objectives:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate various etiologic agents, antimicrobial susceptibility, clinical manifestations and the mortality rate in an intensive care unit in Kashan, Iran.
Patients and Methods:
One hundred and four neonates with documented early onset sepsis in a 2 year period from 2006 to 2008 were enrolled in this descriptive study. The results of blood cultures and antimicrobial susceptibility and clinical manifestations and outcome were collected in questionnaires and subsequently analyzed.
Results:
We evaluated 104 cases including 63 (61%) males and 41 (39%) females. The most common clinical presentations were respiratory distress in 28 (26.9%), poor feeding in 18 (17.3%), lethargy in 15 (14.5%), fever in 15 (14.5%) and jaundice in 13 cases (12.5%). The most common organisms isolated from blood cultures were
Conclusions:
The most common isolated organism from blood cultures was
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© 2013, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
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