Blood-stream infection is one of the leading causes of neonatal mortality. Neonatal septicemia is a commoncomplication for neonates in neonatal intensive care unit around the world. The aim of this study was to isolateand identify the bacteria responsible for neonatal septicemia and to determine the susceptibility pattern ofisolates in Outreach Children’s hospital in Festac town, south-western Nigeria. 432 blood samples werecollected for this study. The samples were processed in accordance ...