Neonatal Sepsis Due to Multidrug-resistant Bacteria at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Ethiopia.
Mulatu GashawSolomon AliMelkamu BerhaneGetnet TesfawBeza EshetuNetsanet WorknehThomas SeeholzerGuenter FroeschlArne KroidlAndreas WieserEsayas Kebede GudinaPublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2024)
The study revealed a high rate of infections with multidrug-resistant pathogens. This poses a significant challenge to the current global and national target to reduce neonatal mortality rates. To address these challenges, it is important to employ robust infection prevention practices and continuous antibiotic resistance testing to allow targeted therapy.