Surveillance of antibiotic usage and its sensitivity pattern in the NICU - a prospective study

• In: Laboratory and Medicines Control Services Posters
• At: Hyderabad (India) (2011)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: LMCS-P-09
• By: SHRESTHA, Ronak (Kathmandu University, School of Medical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, Chaukot, Nepal)
• Co-author(s): Shrestha, Jyoti (Kathmandu University, School of Medical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, Chaukot, Nepal)
  Gurung, Bimala (Kathmandu University, School of Medical Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Chaukot, Nepal)
  
• Abstract:

  Background: Sepsis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in newborns affecting both developed and developing countries accounting a quarter around one million deaths per annum.
  Aim: This study was aimed to assess the prevalence of neonatal sepsis, culture isolates, pattern, antibiotic sensitivity and drug prescribing pattern.
  Methods: In

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