Etiology of Neonatal Bacterial Meningitis and Their Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia: A Seven-Year Retrospective Study.
Sirak BisetAyantu BentiLidya MollaSitot YimerTena CherkosYalewayker EyayuAshenafi EbabuDesie KasewAklilu AmbachewPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2021)
The prevalence of neonatal bacterial meningitis was 1.73%. Klebsiella pneumonia and other Gram-negative rods, with a high multidrug-resistant rate, were the leading cause of neonatal bacterial meningitis. Further studies are needed to explore the source of infection, incidence, and risk factors of neonatal bacterial meningitis.