High Burden of Bloodstream Infections Associated With Antimicrobial Resistance and Mortality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Pune, India.

Julia JohnsonMatthew L RobinsonUday C RajputChhaya ValviAarti KinikarTushar B ParikhUmesh VaidyaSudhir MalwadeSharad AgarkhedkarBharat RandiveAbhay KadamRachel M SmithMatthew WestercampVidya MaveAmita GuptaAaron M MilstoneYukari C Manabe

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)

In our cohort, neonatal BSIs were most commonly caused by GNB, with a high prevalence of AMR, and were associated with high mortality, even in term neonates. Effective interventions are urgently needed to reduce the burden of BSI and death due to AMR GNB in hospitalized neonates in LMIC.

Keyphrases

antimicrobial resistance
preterm infants
low birth weight
risk factors
cardiovascular events
physical activity
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
gestational age
preterm birth