A retrospective review of Listeria monocytogenes infection at Tygerberg Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, from 2006 to 2016: Is empirical ampicillin still indicated after the first month of life?

CONCLUSIONS: As in other countries, the local neonatal LM incidence is low. Neonates present in the first week of life with severe disease and a high mortality rate. These data support a change in antibiotic policy, in keeping with international guidelines, limiting empirical ampicillin prescription to infants <1 month of age. PMID: 30645960 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research