During a 27 month study seven nonserotypable strains of Haemophilus influenzae and two of Haemophilus parainfluenzae were isolated from nine neonates. Seven had early infection associated with respiratory distress or conjunctivitis; three had septicaemia one of whom died. The incidence of haemophilus septicaemia was 0.23 per 1000 live births.

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...