Incidence, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance of blood and cerebrospinal fluid isolates from a tertiary neonatal unit in South Africa: A 10 year retrospective review

Reenu Thomas; Claude Ondongo-Ezhet; Nini Motsoaledi; Mike Sharland; Michelle Clements; Sithembiso Velaphi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0297371

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Incidence, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance of blood and cerebrospinal fluid isolates from a tertiary neonatal unit in South Africa: A 10 year retrospective review

Reenu Thomas ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: reenu.thomas@wits.ac.za

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5931-0850

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Claude Ondongo-Ezhet,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Nini Motsoaledi,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Mike Sharland,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation St. Georges, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Michelle Clements,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, London, United Kingdom
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Sithembiso Velaphi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Incidence, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance of blood and cerebrospinal fluid isolates from a tertiary neonatal unit in South Africa: A 10 year retrospective review

Reenu Thomas,
Claude Ondongo-Ezhet,
Nini Motsoaledi,
Mike Sharland,
Michelle Clements,
Sithembiso Velaphi

Published: January 19, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297371

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