Diagnostic utility of biomarkers in diagnosis of early stages of neonatal sepsis in neonatal intensive care unit in Egypt

• Main Authors: Marwa M. El-Sonbaty (Author), Walaa AlSharany (Author), Eman R. Youness (Author), Nadia A. Mohamed (Author), Tamer A. Abdel-Hamid (Author), Abdel-Rahman Ahmed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Neonatal sepsis is considered one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in NICUs. To avoid unnecessary treatment of non-infected neonates, emergence of multidrug resistance organisms, prolonged hospitalization and a considerable economic burden, particularly in developing countr...