Changes in pathogens causing early-onset sepsis in very-low-birth-weight infants

Very-low-birth-weight babies who develop a bacterial blood infection are more likely to be infected with E. coli than with group B streptococci. These babies are three times more likely to die than babies who are not infected. In a study of 5,447 babies, 85% of the E. coli strains were resistant to the antibiotic ampicillin.