Neonatal sepsis in South Asia: huge burden and spiralling antimicrobial resistance

BMJ. 2019 Jan 22:364:k5314. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k5314.

Abstract

M Jeeva Sankar and colleagues call for urgent action to improve quality of care at birth and implement antimicrobial stewardship in health facilities in South Asia to reduce neonatal deaths from sepsis

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship*
  • Asia / epidemiology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Neonatal Sepsis / drug therapy*
  • Neonatal Sepsis / epidemiology*
  • Neonatal Sepsis / microbiology
  • Quality of Health Care*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents