Septicaemia in high risk neonates at a teaching hospital in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal
E A AdejuyigbeJ A Owa

Abstract

To determine the incidence, predisposing factors, clinical features, bacteriological pattern and antibiotic sensitivity in septicaemia in high-risk newborns. A prospective study. Neonatal unit, Ife State Hospital, a unit of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. All newborns admitted with clinical features and/or risk factors suggestive of neonatal septicaemia from February 1994 to March 1995. Culture results and mortality rates. The incidence of neonatal septicaemia among new born was 22.9 per 1000 livebirths. The predisposing perinatal factors were low socio-economic status, lack of antenatal care, maternal peripartum pyrexia and congenital malformations. Gram-positive bacteria were found to be the most prevalent causative organisms (59.4%). Staphylococcus aureus (36.2%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (18.8%) and Coagulase negative Staphylococcus (15.9%) were the commonest causes of septicaemia. Meningitis and UTI were associated diagnoses in 16.7% and 18.2% of the septicaemic babies, respectively. The bacterial isolates showed a high degree of in-vitro antimicrobial resistance. However, all the isolates were sensitive to ofloxacin. Amongst the commonly used antibiotics, gentamicin had t...Continue Reading

Citations

Oct 27, 2010·Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health·Tinuade A OgunlesiDurotoye M Olanrewaju
Oct 6, 2006·Journal of Clinical Microbiology·Lennox K ArchibaldL Barth Reller
Apr 23, 2005·Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition·S VergnanoP T Heath
Dec 13, 2005·BMC Infectious Diseases·Martin M MeremikwuSimon J Utsalo
Apr 29, 2011·BMC Public Health·Anita K M ZaidiJoy E Lawn
Mar 8, 2006·Journal of Perinatal Medicine·Juliana U OjukwuIkechukwu K Orji
Jun 24, 2010·Clinics in Perinatology·Hammad A GanatraAnita K M Zaidi
Nov 26, 2010·Seminars in Perinatology·Hammad A Ganatra, Anita K M Zaidi

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial resistance poses a significant threat to the continued successful use of antimicrobial agents for the treatment of bacterial infections.

Allergy & Infectious Diseases

Allergies result from the hyperreactivity of the immune system to some environmental substance and can be life-threatening. Infectious diseases are caused by organisms including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. They can be transmitted different ways, such as person-to-person. Here is the latest research on allergy and infectious diseases.

Antimicrobial Resistance (ASM)

Antimicrobial resistance poses a significant threat to the continued successful use of antimicrobial agents for the treatment of bacterial infections.

Allergy & Infectious Diseases (ASM)

Allergies result from the hyperreactivity of the immune system to some environmental substance and can be life-threatening. Infectious diseases are caused by organisms including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. They can be transmitted different ways, such as person-to-person. Here is the latest research on allergy and infectious diseases.

Related Papers

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
A S DaoudH el-Shanti
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
A K Ako-NaiA O Onipede
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
Y BellH Trotman
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved