Study of Microorganisms Causing Neonatal Sepsis in a Tertiary Care Hospital and their Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern

Neonatal septicemia continues to be one of the commonest causes of neonatal mortality and morbidity despite advances in healthcare. Neonatal sepsis may be categorized as early onset sepsis (EOS) or late onset (LOS) according to time of onset of the disease. Presence of risk factors such as low birth weight or preterm baby, febrile illness in the mother 2 weeks prior to delivery, foul smelling or meconium stained liquor, prolonged rupture of membrane, prolonged labor /difficult labor, perinatal asphyxia have been associated with increased risk of early onset sepsis (Reeta Rasaily January-March 2009). Organism that colonize in the mother’s genitourinary tract may cause transplacental infection or an ascending infection from the cervix. The infant may also acquire microbe by passage through a colonized birth canal at delivery. The infant’s skin, respiratory tract, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 10 (2017) pp. 669-677 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com