Characterisation of Staphylococci species from neonatal blood cultures in low- and middle-income countries.
Kirsty SandsMaria J CarvalhoOwen B SpillerEdward A R PortalKathryn ThomsonWilliam John WatkinsJordan MathiasCalie DyerChinenye AkpuluRobert AndrewsAna FerreiraThomas HenderRebecca MiltonMaria NietoRabaab ZahraHaider ShiraziAdil MuhammadShermeen AkifMuhammad Hilal JanKenneth IregbuFatima ModibboStella UwaezuokeGrace J ChanDelayehu BekeleSemaria SolomonSulagna BasuRanjan Kumar NandySharmi NahaJean-Baptiste MazaratiAniceth RucogozaLucie GajuShaheen MehtarAndre N H BulabulaAndrew Whitelawnull nullTimothy R WalshPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2022)
In total we identified 14 different GPB bacterial species, however Staphylococci was dominant. These findings highlight the need of a prospective genomic epidemiology study to comprehensively assess the true burden of GPB neonatal sepsis focusing specifically on mechanisms of resistance and virulence across species and in relation to neonatal outcome.