Neonatal Bacterial Infection

• Autres auteurs: Resch, Bernhard (Éditeur intellectuel)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: IntechOpen 2013
• Sujets: Paediatric medicine; Neonatal medicine
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Neonatal sepsis still remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the newborn, particularly in preterm, low birth weight infants. Despite advances in neonatal care, overall case-fatality rates from sepsis may be as high as 50%. Clinical signs of bacterial infection are vague and non-sp...