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Clinical profile of cases of neonatal septicemia

Deepti R. Angadi, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, PES Institute of Medical Sciences, Kuppam, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh 517425, India. , Deepti R. Angadi

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Journal of Microbiology and Related Research 4(1):p 50-55, . | DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jmrr.2395.6623.4118.9
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Introduction: Neonatal septicemia is a clinical syndrome characterized by a nonspecific signs and symptoms in association with bacteremia that occurs in the first month of life. It is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among neonates in India with an estimated incidence of approximately 4% in intramural live births. Blood culture remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of neonatal septicemia. 

Methodology: Patients presented to department of pediatrics (NICU), were examined clinically by pediatricians and 122 cases of neonatal septicemia were identified on the basis of the signs and symptoms and were included for the study.

Results: The distribution of 122 suspected cases of neonatal septicemia studied according place of birth was, 106 (86.88%) babies were inborn followed by 16 (13.12%) outworn babies. Of 16 outworn, 14 (11.48 %) neonates were born in the hospital and 2 (1.63%) babies had born in ambulance.

Conclusion: In the present study, among 122 cases, 41(33.30%) were preterm babies, 80 (65.59%) were term babies and 1 (0.81%) neonate was found to be post term.

Keywords: Neonatal Septicemia; EOS; LOS.


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