Microbiological and therapeutic characteristics of confirmed neonatal sepsis at a hospital in Lima, Peru

Objectives. To describe the microbiological and therapeutic characteristics of confirmed neonatal sepsis, and determine its incidence and mortality in the National Hospital Arzobispo Loayza (HNAL) from 2011 to 2012, Lima, Peru. Materials and Methods. Retrospective longitudinal study. Monitoring newb...

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Main Authors: Giancarlo Alvarado-Gamarra, Katherine M. Alcalá-Marcos, Diego M. Abarca-Alfaro, Victoria Bao-Castro
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Language:Spanish
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2016-03-01
Series:Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
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Online Access:https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/2010
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author Giancarlo Alvarado-Gamarra
Katherine M. Alcalá-Marcos
Diego M. Abarca-Alfaro
Victoria Bao-Castro
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Katherine M. Alcalá-Marcos
Diego M. Abarca-Alfaro
Victoria Bao-Castro
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description Objectives. To describe the microbiological and therapeutic characteristics of confirmed neonatal sepsis, and determine its incidence and mortality in the National Hospital Arzobispo Loayza (HNAL) from 2011 to 2012, Lima, Peru. Materials and Methods. Retrospective longitudinal study. Monitoring newborn with probable sepsis was performed, evaluating occurrence of positive blood culture. The characteristics of the newborn were obtained from medical records. The cumulative incidence of confirmed sepsis, mortality and fatality rate was determined. For quantitative variables was used the mean with standard deviation or median with ranges intercuatílicos. For qualitative variables was used relative frequencies and percentages. Results. The incidence of confirmed sepsis was 4.1 per 1 000 live births (95% CI 2.7 to 5.5). The mortality rate was 0.97 per 1 000 live births (95% CI 0.29 to 1.63) and the fatality rate was 23.5% (95% CI 9-37). The most frequent isolates were coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, followed by Staphylococcus aureus, both with high rates of resistance to oxacillin (90% and 66.6%, respectively). A 67% started with amipicilina / amikacin or ampicillin / cefotaxime. It was rotated antibiotics to 58% of newborn by poor clinical / laboratory evolution or blood culture result, initiating vancomycin to most (42.8%). Conclusions. There is a high incidence of confirmed sepsis and a high fatality rate. The treatment was not administered according to the microbiological profile.
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spelling doaj.art-e72e9bccfb9c42b0be728f672d93bd382022-12-22T03:46:51ZspaInstituto Nacional de SaludRevista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública1726-46341726-46422016-03-01331748210.17843/rpmesp.2016.331.20101722Microbiological and therapeutic characteristics of confirmed neonatal sepsis at a hospital in Lima, PeruGiancarlo Alvarado-Gamarra0Katherine M. Alcalá-Marcos1Diego M. Abarca-Alfaro2Victoria Bao-Castro3Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Villarrealinos (SOCEMVI). Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal. Lima, Perú. Facultad de Medicina “Hipólito Unanue”. Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal. Lima, Perú.Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Villarrealinos (SOCEMVI). Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal. Lima, Perú. Facultad de Medicina “Hipólito Unanue”. Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal. Lima, Perú.Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Ricardo Palma. Lima, Perú.Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza. Lima, PerúObjectives. To describe the microbiological and therapeutic characteristics of confirmed neonatal sepsis, and determine its incidence and mortality in the National Hospital Arzobispo Loayza (HNAL) from 2011 to 2012, Lima, Peru. Materials and Methods. Retrospective longitudinal study. Monitoring newborn with probable sepsis was performed, evaluating occurrence of positive blood culture. The characteristics of the newborn were obtained from medical records. The cumulative incidence of confirmed sepsis, mortality and fatality rate was determined. For quantitative variables was used the mean with standard deviation or median with ranges intercuatílicos. For qualitative variables was used relative frequencies and percentages. Results. The incidence of confirmed sepsis was 4.1 per 1 000 live births (95% CI 2.7 to 5.5). The mortality rate was 0.97 per 1 000 live births (95% CI 0.29 to 1.63) and the fatality rate was 23.5% (95% CI 9-37). The most frequent isolates were coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, followed by Staphylococcus aureus, both with high rates of resistance to oxacillin (90% and 66.6%, respectively). A 67% started with amipicilina / amikacin or ampicillin / cefotaxime. It was rotated antibiotics to 58% of newborn by poor clinical / laboratory evolution or blood culture result, initiating vancomycin to most (42.8%). Conclusions. There is a high incidence of confirmed sepsis and a high fatality rate. The treatment was not administered according to the microbiological profile.https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/2010sepsisrecién nacidotasa de mortalidadincidencia
spellingShingle Giancarlo Alvarado-Gamarra
Katherine M. Alcalá-Marcos
Diego M. Abarca-Alfaro
Victoria Bao-Castro
Microbiological and therapeutic characteristics of confirmed neonatal sepsis at a hospital in Lima, Peru
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
sepsis
recién nacido
tasa de mortalidad
incidencia
title Microbiological and therapeutic characteristics of confirmed neonatal sepsis at a hospital in Lima, Peru
title_full Microbiological and therapeutic characteristics of confirmed neonatal sepsis at a hospital in Lima, Peru
title_fullStr Microbiological and therapeutic characteristics of confirmed neonatal sepsis at a hospital in Lima, Peru
title_full_unstemmed Microbiological and therapeutic characteristics of confirmed neonatal sepsis at a hospital in Lima, Peru
title_short Microbiological and therapeutic characteristics of confirmed neonatal sepsis at a hospital in Lima, Peru
title_sort microbiological and therapeutic characteristics of confirmed neonatal sepsis at a hospital in lima peru
topic sepsis
recién nacido
tasa de mortalidad
incidencia
url https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/2010
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