%0 Journal Article
%T Neonatal Sepsis in a Nigerian Private Tertiary Hospital: Bacterial Isolates, Risk Factors, and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns
%A Abiodun A. Faniran
%A Adaobi U. Solarin
%A Charles John Elikwu
%A Emmanuel Olushola Shobowale
%A Ibironke J. Akinola
%A Kenneth Ikenna Onyedibe
%J Archive of "Annals of African Medicine".
%D 2017
%R 10.4103/aam.aam_34_16
%X Neonatal sepsis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric age group in spite of several attempts at mitigating its effects. This article determines the prevalence of neonatal sepsis and the pathogens responsible for sepsis as well as risk factors and outcome at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital
%K Coagulase-negative staphylococci
%K Klebsiella pneumoniae
%K low birth weight
%K neonatal sepsis
%K premature rupture of membranes
%K prematurity
%K Staphylocoques ¨¤ coagulase n¨¦gative
%K Klebsiella pneumoniae
%K faible poids de naissance
%K sepsis n¨¦onatal
%K pr¨¦maturit¨¦
%K rupture pr¨¦matur¨¦e des membranes
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5452709/