abstract objective: to assess the incidence of thrombocytopenia and changes in various platelet parameters, in culture positive neonatal sepsis. methods: this was prospective study conducted over a period of one year from december 2009 to november 2010 in neonatal intensive care unit of dduh hospital, a tertiary care hospital in delhi, north india. all babies who were admitted during this perio...

Abstract Objective: To assess the incidence of thrombocytopenia and changes in various platelet parameters, in culture positive neonatal sepsis. Methods: This was prospective study conducted over a period of one year from December 2009 to November 2010 in neonatal intensive care unit of DDUH Hospital, a tertiary care hospital in Delhi, North India. All babies who were admitted during this perio...

anaerobic bacteria are well known causes of sepsis in adults but there are few studies regarding their role in neonatal sepsis. in an attempt to define the incidence of neonatal anaerobic infections a prospective study was performed during one year period. a total number of 400 neonates under sepsis study were entered this investigation. anaerobic as well as aerobic cultures were sent. the pati...

Introduction: Infections are one of the main causes of death during childhood. Epidemiologic studies in Iran showed that the incidence of neonatal sepsis was 1.8% in 1995. Moreover, the incidence of neonatal meningitis is 0.2 to 0.4 in per 1,000 live births. The aim of this study was to determine the necessity of lumbar puncture (LP) in early neonatal sepsis. Methods: In a retrospective study, ...

Introduction:Infections are one of the main causes of death during childhood. According to epidemiological studies in Iran, the incidence of neonatal sepsis was 1.8% in year 1995. Moreover, the incidence of neonatal meningitis was 0.2 to 0.4 in 1000 live births. The aim of this study was to determine the necessity of lumbar puncture (LP) for early neonatal sepsis.           Methods:In a retros...

Background: Neonatal sepsis is a clinical syndrome of bacteremia characterized by systemic signs and symptoms infection in the first 28 days life. Although, Positive blood culture gold standard for diagnosis neonatal septicemia, definitive results take at least 48–72 h, resulting treatment delay. Hence certain rapid diagnostic tests such as C-reactive protein, micro erythrocyte sedimentation ra...

Background: Sepsis in neonates presents itself with non-specific clinical features which makes early diagnosis difficult. However, procalcitonin (PCT) and other inflammatory markers have recently been considered as sensitive markers for the early detection of neonatal sepsis. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the diagnostic value of PCT in the early detection of neonatal sepsis an...