INCIDENCE AND MICROBIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF LATE ONSET NEONATAL SEPSIS IN PRETERM AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT NEONATES, NICU, RIMS, RAICHUR
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 16
Abstract
According to recent data from National Neonatal Perinatal Database (NNPD) 2000, the incidence of neonatal sepsis has been reported to be 38 per 1000 intramural live births in tertiary care institutions.[1] Septicaemia was the commonest clinical category with an incidence of 24 per 1000 live births.Neonatal sepsis was one of the common causes of neonatal mortality contributing to 23% of all neonatal deaths.[1] Neonatal sepsis is defined as clinical syndrome of bacteraemia with systemic signs and symptoms of infection in the first four weeks of life.[2]
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Nagaraj S. Javali, Nasima Banu, Supriya M. Indi
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