Bacteriological profile and antibiotic susceptibility of neonatal sepsis in neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care medical institute of Eastern India: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Abstract

Background: According to WHO neonatal sepsis is the most important reason for morbidity and mortality in the neonatal period. By the knowledge of bacteriological flora and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern, we can decrease the mortality and morbidity. Multidrug antibiotic resistance is also increasing day by day in neonatal intensive care units. So our aim of the study was to find out the bacteriological profile and antibiotic susceptibility pattern in the NICU of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, a tertiary teaching hospital in Bihar.