Alarming rates of antimicrobial resistance and fungal sepsis in outborn neonates in North India.

Mamta JajooVikas ManchandaSuman ChaurasiaMari Jeeva SankarHitender GautamRamesh AgarwalChander Prakash YadavKailash C AggarwalHarish ChellaniSiddharth RamjiMonorama DebRajni GaindSurinder KumarSugandha AryaVishnubhatla SreenivasArti KapilPurva MathurReeta RasailyAshok K DeorariVinod K Paulnull null

Published in: PloS one (2018)

In this large outborn cohort, we report high burden of sepsis, high prevalence of systemic fungal infections, and alarming rates of antimicrobial resistance among bacterial pathogens.

Keyphrases

antimicrobial resistance
septic shock
acute kidney injury
intensive care unit
cell wall
low birth weight
tertiary care
preterm infants
multidrug resistant
drug induced