• Ethiopian medical journal · Jul 1997

    Neonatal sepsis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a review of 151 bacteremic neonates.

    • B Ghiorghis.
    • Ethio Swedish Children's Hospital, Addis Ababa.
    • Ethiop. Med. J. 1997 Jul 1; 35 (3): 169-76.

    AbstractA retrospective study of 542 neonatal sepsis cases was undertaken. Bacteremia was confirmed in 151 cases. There were a total of 195 (36%) deaths. Fifty nine (39%) of the deaths were from the bacteremia cases. The incidence of sepsis was 11 per 1000 live births. Klebsiella was the leading etiologic agent (38%), with a mortality rate of 54%. Low birth weight was found to be a predisposing factor for the development of sepsis and mortality. The high incidence of sepsis, the increase in mortality rate and the spread of nosocomial infection is discussed.

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