Trends in antibiotic susceptibility and incidence of late-onset Klebsiella pneumoniae neonatal sepsis over a six-year period in a neonatal intensive care unit in Karachi, Pakistan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2013, Pages e961-e965

  Saleem, Ali Faisal ^a   Qamar, Farah Naz ^a   Shahzad, Hira ^a   Qadir, Maqbool ^a   Zaidi, Anita K M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; Incidence; Late onset Klebsiella pneumoniae; NICU; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PAKISTAN; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREND STUDY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CARBAPENEM RESISTANCE; INCIDENCE; LATE-ONSET KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NICU; PAKISTAN;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84885391058     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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