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Angela Dramowski

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Articles 78
Citations 715
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Related Specialties
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics
General Medicine
Top 10 Co-Authors
Adrie Bekker
Andrew Whitelaw
Helena Rabie
Mark F Cotton
Neal Russell
Kessendri Reddy
Sally Ellis
Aaqilah Fataar
Michael Sharland
Appiah-Korang Labi
Published In
Int J Infect Dis
S Afr J Infect Dis
Pediatr Infect Dis J
PLoS One
Front Pediatr
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Recent Articles
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Pathogen aetiology and risk factors for death among neonates with bloodstream infections at lower-tier South African hospitals: a cross-sectional study
Meiring S, Quan V, Mashau R, Perovic O, Magobo R, Smith M, et al.
Lancet Microbe . 2025 Feb; :100989. PMID: 40020700
Background: Infections are among the top causes of neonatal mortality, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. We aimed to describe the clinical characteristics of neonates diagnosed with culture-confirmed bloodstream infections...
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Investigating the implementation of infection prevention and control practices in neonatal care across country income levels: a systematic review
Nyantakyi E, Baenziger J, Caci L, Blum K, Wolfensberger A, Dramowski A, et al.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control . 2025 Feb; 14(1):8. PMID: 39920866
Background: Despite the proven effectiveness of infection prevention and control (IPC) practices in reducing healthcare-associated infections and related costs, their implementation poses a challenge in neonatal care settings across high-income...
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Defining and responding to the contextual drivers for implementation of antimicrobial stewardship in 14 neonatal units in South Africa
van den Bergh D, Charani E, Dramowski A, Annor A, Gijzelaar M, Messina A, et al.
JAC Antimicrob Resist . 2025 Jan; 7(1):dlae222. PMID: 39872681
Background: Research on the contextual drivers of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programme interventions in neonatal units is limited. Methods: As part of a prospective mixed-methods multidisciplinary neonatal AMS (NeoAMS) interventional study...
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Theoretical impact of a bedside decision-making tool on antibiotic use for suspected neonatal healthcare-associated infection: an observational study
Lloyd L, van Weissenbruch M, Bekker A, Ferreyra C, Gleeson B, Dramowski A
BMC Pediatr . 2025 Jan; 25(1):52. PMID: 39838378
Background And Objectives: Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a leading contributor to morbidity and mortality in hospitalised neonates. Diagnosing neonatal HAI is challenging owing to non-specific symptoms and lack of definitive...
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Early onset neonatal bloodstream infections in South African hospitals
Theron G, Bekker A, Bolton L, Whitelaw A, Engelbrecht A, Erasmus L, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2025 Jan; 25(1):85. PMID: 39833703
Background: Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of death in low- and middle- income countries (LMIC). Increasing antibiotic resistance in early onset (< 72 h of life) bloodstream infection (EO-BSI)...
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Epidemiology of healthcare-associated bloodstream infection in South African neonatal units
Dramowski A, Bolton L, Bekker A, Engelbrecht A, Erasmus L, Fataar A, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2024 Nov; 24(1):1350. PMID: 39593003
Background: Reports of healthcare-associated bloodstream infection (HA-BSI) epidemiology in African neonatal units are limited. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study (2017-2018) in nine neonatal units in the Western Cape Province,...
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Prevention and Treatment of Neonatal Infections in Facility and Community Settings of Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Descriptive Review
Lee Him R, Rehman S, Sihota D, Yasin R, Azhar M, Masroor T, et al.
Neonatology . 2024 Nov; 122(Suppl 1):173-208. PMID: 39532080
Introduction: We present a robust and up-to-date synthesis of evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to prevent and treat newborn infections in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Newborn infection prevention...
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Multicentre external validation of the Neonatal Healthcare-associated infectiOn Prediction (NeoHoP) score: a retrospective case-control study
Lloyd L, Dramowski A, Bekker A, Ballot D, Ferreyra C, Gleeson B, et al.
BMJ Paediatr Open . 2024 Oct; 8(1). PMID: 39353711
Background And Objectives: Neonatal mortality due to severe bacterial infections is a pressing global issue, especially in low-middle-income countries (LMICs) with constrained healthcare resources. This study aims to validate the...
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Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus
Gon G, Dramowski A, Hornsey E, Graham W, Fardousi N, Aiken A, et al.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control . 2024 Sep; 13(1):112. PMID: 39334226
Environmental cleaning is essential to patient and health worker safety, yet it is a substantially neglected area in terms of knowledge, practice, and capacity-building, especially in resource-limited settings. Public health...
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Impact of a care bundle on short peripheral catheter-associated complications in a resource-limited neonatal unit
Dramowski A, Erasmus L, Fataar A, Cotton M, Whitelaw A, Coffin S, et al.
J Vasc Access . 2024 Sep; :11297298241278394. PMID: 39297319
Background: Short peripheral catheter (SPC)-associated complications occur frequently in hospitalised neonates. Few studies have reported the use of SPC care bundles in resource-limited neonatal units. Objective: To evaluate the impact...