[Clinico-microbiological observations in specialized neonatology departments]

Results of dynamic microbiological control and clinical observation in specialized departments of newborns pathologies and nursing of premature children for 1989-1994 are presented. Criteria of gastrointestinal colonization, clinical and bacteriological indices of the risk of appearance of suppurative-septic infections in newborns, the leading role of gram-negative bacteria and the increasing role of staphylococci in the development of these infections have been established. Sensitivity of the hospital strains of microorganisms isolated from newborns and from the environment to antibacterial preparations has been studied. Their multiple drug resistance and uniformity according to antibiotic program which permits supposing intrahospital origin of these strains has been established.