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Review
. 2019 Jan 22:364:k5314.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.k5314.

Neonatal sepsis in South Asia: huge burden and spiralling antimicrobial resistance

Suman Chaurasia  1 , Sindhu Sivanandan  1 , Ramesh Agarwal  1 , Sally Ellis  2 , Mike Sharland  3 , M Jeeva Sankar  4
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Review

Neonatal sepsis in South Asia: huge burden and spiralling antimicrobial resistance

Suman Chaurasia et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

M Jeeva Sankar and colleagues call for urgent action to improve quality of care at birth and implement antimicrobial stewardship in health facilities in South Asia to reduce neonatal deaths from sepsis

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on conflicts and interests and declare that MS has received research grants from GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and Cubist pharmaceuticals.

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Fig 1
Proposed model of antimicrobial stewardship programme for health facilities in South Asia. Adapted from Ramasethu 2017; Patel 2012; Cantey 2014
Fig 2
Fig 2
Key interventions to reduce the burden of sepsis and antimicrobial resistance in South Asia. *Indicates interventions that are more relevant to the region
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