Risk factors for community-acquired bacterial infection among young infants in South Asia: a longitudinal cohort study with nested case-control analysis.
Nicholas E ConnorMohammad Shahidul IslamLuke C MullanyNong ShangZulfiqar A BhuttaAnita K M ZaidiSajid Bashir SoofiMuhammad Imran NisarPinaki PanigrahiKalpana PanigrahiRadhanath SatpathyAnuradha BoseRita IsaacAbdullah H BaquiDipak K MitraQazi Sadeq-Ur RahmanTanvir HossainStephanie J SchragJonas M WinchellMelissa L ArvayMaureen H DiazJessica L WallerMartin W WeberDavidson H HamerPatricia HibberdA S M Nawshad Uddin AhmedMaksuda IslamMohammad Belal HossainShamim A QaziShams El ArifeenGary L DarmstadtSamir K SahaPublished in: BMJ global health (2022)
Distinct risk factors: birth weight, male sex, breathing problems at birth and PROM were significantly associated with the development of bacterial sepsis across South Asian community settings, supporting refined clinical discernment and targeted use of antimicrobials.