BUSM researchers find gram-negative rods in two Philippine neonatal intensive care units

Friday, May 15, 2009 - 11:35 in Health & Medicine

(Boston) - Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found a high frequency of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative rods (GNRs) in two of the largest neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the city of Manila, Philippines. Improved infection control methods could reduce the vast number of hospital acquired neonatal infections.

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