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Emerging Resistance to Empiric Antimicrobial Regimens for Pediatric Bloodstream Infections in Malawi (1998–2017)
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Emerging Resistance to Empiric Antimicrobial Regimens for Pediatric Bloodstream Infections in Malawi (1998–2017)

Pui-Ying Iroh Tam, Patrick Musicha, Kondwani Kawaza, Jenifer Cornick, Brigitte Denis, Bridget Freyne, Dean Everett, Queen Dube, Neil French, Nicholas Feasey, …
Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.69(1), pp.61-68
18/06/2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy834
PMCID: PMC6579959
PMID: 30277505

Abstract

and Commentaries antimicrobial resistance Gram negative neonatal pediatric sepsis
Incidences of bloodstream infections in Malawian children declined significantly over 2 decades, but resistance of Gram-negative pathogens to empiric, first-line antimicrobials increased from 3.4% to 30.2% for children ≤5 years and 7.0% to 67.7% for young infants ≤60 days.
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