Neonatal Sepsis and Inflammatory Mediators

• Main Authors: Juliana Reis Machado (Author), Danilo Figueiredo Soave (Author), Marcos Vinícius da Silva (Author), Liliana Borges de Menezes (Author), Renata Margarida Etchebehere (Author), Maria Luiza Gonçalves dos Reis Monteiro (Author), Marlene Antônia dos Reis (Author), Rosana Rosa Miranda Corrêa (Author), Mara Rúbia Nunes Celes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and its signs and symptoms are nonspecific, which makes the diagnosis difficult. The routinely used laboratory tests are not effective methods of analysis, as they are extremely nonspecific and often cause inappropriate use of antibiotics....