A review of the characteristics of neonates with positive blood culture admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Dasmarinas, Cavite and antibiogram pattern of isolated blood culture from 2008 to 2012
Publication Date
2016
Document Type
Research
Abstract
This study describes the profile of the neonates with positive blood cultures at neonatal intensive care unit of De La Salle University Medical Center, Dasmarinas, Cavite and antibiogram pattern of their blood culture from 2008 to 2012. Study concludes that neonates with positive blood culture was characterized as preterm, male, had normal birth weight with clear amniotic fluid and were admitted more than one week. Staphylococcus coagulase negative was the most common isolated growth. Vancomycin and Amikacin had the highest sensitivity rate compared to other antibiotics.
APA Citation
Yuly, "A review of the characteristics of neonates with positive blood culture admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Dasmarinas, Cavite and antibiogram pattern of isolated blood culture from 2008 to 2012" (2016). Resident Research. 126.
https://greenprints.dlshsi.edu.ph/resident-research/126