In a prospective analysis, blood from 660 neonates admitted to neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a teaching hospital with clinical suspicion of septicemia was cultured to look for etiological agents with particular reference to role of Candida species. Blood culture specimens from two different sites at same time were obtained to rule out possibility of a Candida isolate being a mere conta...

BACKGROUND Capnocytophaga ochracea is a gram-negative anaerobic organism commonly found in human oral flora. It is characteristically sensitive to beta-lactams and resistant to aminoglycosides. CASE REPORT A 23-year-old woman presented with lower abdominal pain and was admitted for premature labor at 24-weeks of gestation. At presentation, the cervix was closed and the membrane was intact; howe...

In this study serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were used to evaluate the duration of antibiotic therapy in 50 consecutive neonates with suspected septicemia. In 44 percent of cases therapy was stopped on 3rd day, as CRP was normal. In 8 percent antibiotics could be stopped within 5-7 days as CRP values returned to normal and in 48 percent therapy was extended beyond 7th day, as CRP values ...

ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 5 Number 10 (2016) pp. 807-813 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Neonatal septicaemia is the leading cause of death in neonates admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit in India. Furthermore this situation is nowadays worsened by the beta lactamase producing bacteria occurring as a causative agent of neonatal septicaemia. These ESBL producing gram negative organ...

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 o...