Epidemiological surveillance of positive blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures in the neonatal unit of Baragwanath's maternity hospital over a two year period, 1989-1990.
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1992
Authors
Funk, Evelyn Madeleine
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Abstract
The aims of this study were to establish the incidence of
perinatally and nosocomially acquired bacteraemia and
funqaemia as determinad by blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
isolates in the neonatal population seen at the Baraqwanath
Neonatal Unit; to identify risk factors for infection and
record the outcome. Other aims were to analyze tha susceptibility
patterns of the organisms isolated with respect to
changing antimicrobial policies and to compare these with
previously reported studies. (Abbreviation abstract)
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A Dissertation submitted to the faculty of Medicine,
University of the Witwatersrand, in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of
Medicine in paediatrics.
Keywords
Infant, Newborn, Diseases epidemiology., Infant Mortality.