Bacteriological profile and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of common isolates of neonatal sepsis, Ho Municipality, Ghana-2016.
Fortress Yayra AkuPatricia AkweongoKofi NyarkoSamuel SackeyFredrick WurapaEdwin Andrew AfariDonne Kofi AmemeErnest KenuPublished in: Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology (2018)
The prevalence of culture proven sepsis was 17.3% and Staphylococcus epidermidis was the most common isolate identified. Pathogens isolated were resistant to the first line drugs for management of neonatal sepsis. Hence, the need for a review of first line drug for empirical treatment in neonatal sepsis.