South Asia has one of the highest mortality rates from neonatal sepsis, representing 39% of all global neonatal sepsis deaths. Gram-negative bacteria are some of the key microbes in these settings responsible for severe infections and so-called superbugs, bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics, are making newborn sepsis even more dangerous. The two clinical professors interviewed for this article, who work in India and Bangladesh, spoke to their experience seeing the negative impact of rising levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on neonatal sepsis mortality. 

Mohammed Shahidullah, MD, Professor of Neonatology at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Bangladesh

M. Jeeva Sankar, MD, Associate Professor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India

BBC
September 27, 2022