DETERMINING THE PATHOGENS OF NEONATAL SEPSIS AT THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (2019 – 2021)

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition responding to an infectious agent causesdamage to tissues and organs. Sepsis causes serious consequences in neonates due tohighrates of mortality and sequelae and disability. Currently, the treatment ofneonatal sepsis is still facing many difficulties due to late diagnosis, inappropriateantibiotic selection for the pathogen model. The mortality rate of the disease is stillhigh. Determining the pathogens of neonatal sepsis at the National Children'sHospital (2019 – 2021). A descriptive study was conducted on 85 positive bloodculture samples of full-term infants admitted to the Neonatal Center of VietnamNational Children’s Hospital in the period from 12/2019 to 4/2021.Gram-negative bacteria accounted for the highest percentage 51%, Grampositive bacteria accounted for 38.8%, Candida accounted for 9.4%. S. aureus is thecommon cause of disease (28.2%), E. coli and K. pneumonia account for a highproportion (16.5%). Antibiotics with high sensitivity are vancomycin, aztreonam,moxiflocaxin, ertapenem, levofloxacin, meronem.