Research Article
Microbiology of Neonatal Gram-Negative Sepsis in A Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). A Single Center Experience
Mustafa AlAbdullatif1*, Hassib Narchi2, Nusrat Khan1, Aiman Rahmani1, Tasnim Alkhatib1, Omar Abu- Sa’da1 and Mohammad Khassawneh1
1Tawam Hospital, Neonatology division, United Arab Emirates
2College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates
Mustafa AlAbdullatif, Neonatology fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Received Date: September 11, 2019; Published Date: September 17, 2019
Abstract
Background: Sepsis is still a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality especially when caused by Gram-negative bacteria. The causative organisms and their susceptibility to antibiotics vary among units. Empiric antibiotic therapy is based on the likely pathogens and their susceptibility pattern in a NICU. This study aims to identify, in a cohort of neonates diagnosed with Gram-negative sepsis, the bacteriological profile and the antibiotic susceptibilities as well as to evaluate the appropriateness of the empirical antibiotic coverage.
Material and methods: In this retrospective observational study, all Gram-negative pathogens isolated in the blood culture of neonates admitted to the neonatal unit in a tertiary referral hospital between January 2011and December 2015 were analyzed. Demographic data, causative organisms, antibiotic susceptibility, empiric therapy and outcomes were collected and analyzed.
Results: Of the 2732 neonates admitted to NICU, 80 infants (2.9%) had a blood culture-proven sepsis with a Gram-negative pathogen. Klebsiella pneumonia was the commonest causative organism. Sensitivity to gentamicin and meropenem were 95% and 99% respectively. Mortality, necrotizing enterocolitis, periventricular leukomalacia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, intraventricular hemorrhage, retinopathy of prematurity was more prevalent in affected infants.
Conclusion: In our unit, neonatal sepsis caused by gram-negative organisms was highly sensitive to aminoglycosides. Almost all cases Gramnegative sepsis were adequately covered by carbapenem.
Key words: Antibiotics resistance; Bacteriological profile; Gram negative; Neonatal sepsis
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Mustafa AlAbdullatif, Hassib Narchi, Nusrat Khan, Aiman Rahmani, Tasnim Alkhatib, Omar Abu-Sa’da, Mohammad Khassawneh. Microbiology of Neonatal Gram-Negative Sepsis in A Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). A Single Center Experience. Glob J of Ped & Neonatol Car. 1(4): 2019. GJPNC.MS.ID.000519.