Biomarkers for diagnosis of neonatal infections: A systematic analysis of their potential as a point-of-care diagnostics

• Main Authors: Mahbuba Meem (Author), Joyanta K. Modak (Author), Roman Mortuza (Author), Mahboob Morshed (Author), Mohammad Shahidul Islam (Author), Samir K. Saha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neonatal infections annually claim lives of 1.4 million neonates worldwide. Until now, there is no ideal diagnostic test for detecting sepsis and thus management of possible sepsis cases often depends on clinical algorithm leading to empirical treatment. This often results in unnecessary antibiotic...