Acae Nicu Paper Final Subm Correction

This study analyzed blood cultures from neonatal intensive care unit patients from 1997 to 2001 in Tripoli Medical Center, Libya. A total of 1431 blood culture sets from 1092 patients were positive for bacterial growth in 801 sets, representing 648 cases of neonatal bacteraemia. The most common causative agents were members of the Enterobacteriaceae family including Serratia, Klebsiella, and Enterobacter species as well as coagulase-negative and positive Staphylococci. Antibiotic susceptibility testing found high levels of resistance among the most frequent pathogens, though resistance to newer antibiotics like aztreonam and imipenem was less common. Resistance in Staphylococcus to anti-stap