Ndunguru, Gerald. Rosemary   CUHAS/MD/4001548/T/15 <br/><br/>
Assessment of Common Causative Agents of Neonatal Sepsis and Determination of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of the Most Common Isolated Agent with Risk Factors for Neonatal Sepsis at Sekou-Toure Hospital Mwanza Tanzania. 

 - Mwanza, Tanzania:   Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS - Bugando ]  Phone: +255 28 298 3384 :           Fax: +255 28 298 3386 :          Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz :  Website: www.bugando.ac.tz :   ©2019 
 - x; 40 Pages  Includes Refferences and Appendices 
<br/><br/> Abstract:<br/><br/>Background: septicemia is a common and major cause of morbidity and mortality in the newborn in developing countries. Almost all deaths occur in developing countries; half of them in the Africa region. Sepsis neonatorum is an important factor for mortality and morbidity in neonates and its mortality rate is about 20 to 50%.<br/><br/>Objective: to determine the commonest causative agents for neonatal sepsis and antimicrobial susceptibility of the most common isolated agents among neonates admitted at SekouToure Hospital.<br/><br/>Results: among all study participants, 124(52.1%)were male, 114(47.9%) of the total 224(94.1) were from urban. the most clinical presentation was fever 149(62.6%) blood samples were taken and 99(41.6%) showed growth and different kind of bacterial pathogens were identified. majority of very low birth weight (<15kg) had gram negative bacterial species isolated 53(53.5%) than gram positive bacterial species 46(46.5%). the commonly isolated bacteria were S.aureus 46(46.5%) followed by K. pnemoniae 15(15.2%) and E.coli 14 (14.2%) K.pnemoniae was resistant to ast09 (60%) meropenem (mem).<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label>--Pediatrics and Child Health--Microbiology and Immunology --Parasitology