The prognostic value of rectal swab cultures in predicting blood culture isolates and their antibiotic resistance pattern from babies with suspicion of late onset neonatal sepsis in Haiti.

Principal investigator

Haiti epi
Purpose of study
Purpose of study

To determine the proportion of rectal swab isolates that correspond to the blood culture isolates of the same neonatal patient with LOS, in terms of species and antibiotic susceptibility.

Study status

  • Concept
  • Protocol & ERB
  • Implementation
  • Completion
  • Archived

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Publications

  • Rectal screening displays high negative predictive value for bloodstream infection with (ESBL-producing) Gram-negative bacteria in neonates with suspected sepsis in a low-resource setting neonatal care unit
    Lenglet, Annick "–" Elsevier BV "(2020)"
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