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- Title
High Burden of Bloodstream Infections Associated With Antimicrobial Resistance and Mortality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Pune, India.
- Authors
Johnson, Julia; Robinson, Matthew L; Rajput, Uday C; Valvi, Chhaya; Kinikar, Aarti; Parikh, Tushar B; Vaidya, Umesh; Malwade, Sudhir; Agarkhedkar, Sharad; Randive, Bharat; Kadam, Abhay; Smith, Rachel M; Westercamp, Matthew; Mave, Vidya; Gupta, Amita; Milstone, Aaron M; Manabe, Yukari C
- Abstract
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing threat to newborns in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Methods We performed a prospective cohort study in 3 tertiary neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in Pune, India, to describe the epidemiology of neonatal bloodstream infections (BSIs). All neonates admitted to the NICU were enrolled. The primary outcome was BSI, defined as positive blood culture. Early-onset BSI was defined as BSI on day of life (DOL) 0–2 and late-onset BSI on DOL 3 or later. Results From 1 May 2017 until 30 April 2018, 4073 neonates were enrolled. Among at-risk neonates, 55 (1.6%) developed early-onset BSI and 176 (5.5%) developed late-onset BSI. The majority of BSIs were caused by gram-negative bacteria (GNB; 58%); among GNB, 61 (45%) were resistant to carbapenems. Klebsiella spp. (n = 53, 23%) were the most common cause of BSI. Compared with neonates without BSI, all-cause mortality was higher among neonates with early-onset BSI (31% vs 10%, P < .001) and late-onset BSI (24% vs 7%, P < .001). Non–low-birth-weight neonates with late-onset BSI had the greatest excess in mortality (22% vs 3%, P < .001). Conclusions In our cohort, neonatal BSIs were most commonly caused by GNB, with a high prevalence of AMR, and were associated with high mortality, even in term neonates. Effective interventions are urgently needed to reduce the burden of BSI and death due to AMR GNB in hospitalized neonates in LMIC.
- Subjects
INDIA; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; KLEBSIELLA; NEONATAL intensive care; CELL culture; GRAM-negative bacteria; NEONATAL intensive care units; TERTIARY care; HOSPITAL mortality; DISEASE prevalence; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; CARBAPENEMS; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 73, Issue 2, p271
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciaa554