TY - JOUR T1 - Neonatal sepsis: an international perspective JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F220 LP - FF224 DO - 10.1136/adc.2002.022863 VL - 90 IS - 3 AU - S Vergnano AU - M Sharland AU - P Kazembe AU - C Mwansambo AU - P T Heath Y1 - 2005/05/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/3/F220.abstract N2 - Neonatal infections currently cause about 1.6 million deaths annually in developing countries. Sepsis and meningitis are responsible for most of these deaths. Resistance to commonly used antibiotics is emerging and constitutes an important problem world wide. To reduce global neonatal mortality, strategies of proven efficacy, such as hand washing, barrier nursing, restriction of antibiotic use, and rationalisation of admission to neonatal units, need to be implemented. Different approaches require further research. ER -