The critically ill neonate is particularly prone to life threatening bacterial infections compared with other patient populations. Current patterns of neonatal sepsis caused by Gram-negative bacilli are reviewed to enable the clinician to better anticipate and effectively respond to neonatal infection by these serious pathogens.
Divisions of aInfectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
