Epidemiology of Serious Bacterial Infections in Infants Less Than 90 Days of Age, Presenting to a Tertiary Care Emergency Department, 2010 to 2016.
Serious infections in infants require urgent treatment. Microbiology of bacterial isolates obtained from children younger than 90 days of was reviewed. Nine-hundred thirty-two infants were identified (mean age of 39 days). Seventy-four percent of organisms obtained were relevent. Common pathogens identified were Escherichia coli, Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus. Emergence of S. aureus (18% methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA)) and ampC producing enterobacteriaceae requires prompt attention.