High prevalence of Panton-Valentine Leucocidin (PVL) toxin carrying MRSA and multidrug resistant gram negative bacteria in late onset neonatal sepsis indicate nosocomial spread in a Pakistani tertiary care hospital

• Egile Nagusiak: Zainab Zahoor (Egilea), Amna Mumtaz (Egilea), Zia- (Egilea), Noor Rehman (Egilea), Nighat Batool (Egilea), Zobia Noreen (Egilea), Sadia Sattar (Egilea), Nazish Bostan (Egilea), Sundus Javed (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Elsevier, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Neonatal sepsis has high incidence with significant mortality and morbidity rates in Pakistan. We investigated common etiological patterns of neonatal sepsis at a tertiary care setup. Methods: 90 pus and blood, gram negative and gram positive bacterial isolates were analyzed for virulenc...