The two-day education fair organised by the Educentre Career Counseling (ECC) concluded on June 27 registering a footfall of around 600. It was held at Hotel Japfü in Kohima on June 26 and at Hotel Acacia in Dimapur the following day, June 27.
Bhubaneswar : The three-day long annual conference of Association of Otorhinolaryngologists of India Bhubaneswar Branch Conference (AOIBBCON) ended with two external faculties displaying live surgeries for the participating ENT surgeons and post-grad
Introduction: Nearly one-third of neonatal mortality in India is due to neonatal sepsis and death occurs in 30% of culture-positive neonates. Pathogens such as Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli are the most common bacteria responsible for neonatal sepsis in India and South Asia.
Materials and Methods: It was an observational study, conducted in special newborn care units (SNCUs) of Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar, Odisha from May 2017 to October 2019. All neonates (<28 days of life) with blood culture-positive sepsis were included in this study. Blood cultures were sent in all the babies with features of clinical sepsis. The demographic profile of neonates, clinical presentations, isolated organisms, and their sensitive patterns was recorded for analysis.
Results: Blood culture was sent in 445 suspected neonates with clinical sepsis out of which 115 blood culture positive organisms were isolated. Among the isolated organisms, 42 (35.6%) cases were