Bacteriological Profile Of Neonatal Sepsis In A Tertiary-Care Hospital Of Northern India

With an objective to study the bacteriological profile of neonatal sepsis a retrospective study was conducted in the neonatal unit of a referral teaching hospital in Northern India. Among neonates born over 5-year period (n=22363) incidence of culture-positive sepsis was 7.5/1000 live births (7.5%). Staphylococcus aureus (47.3%), Klebsiella pneumonia (14.9%) and Acinetobacter (14.9%) were most common organisms isolated. Sensitivity pattern of isolated organisms is presented.