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Evaluation of Sepsis Screen for Diagnosis of Neonatal Septicemia

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Journal Indian J Pediatr
Specialty Pediatrics
Date 1993 Jul 1
PMID 8262592
Citations 7
Authors
A Sharma
C V Kutty
U Sabharwal
S Rathee
H Mohan
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Abstract

Fifty clinically suspected cases of neonatal septicemia were studied for evaluating the role of sepsis screen. Sensitivity and specificity of C-reactive protein test, micro-ESR, gastric aspirate cytology for polymorphs and toxic granules in neutrophils were studied singly and in combinations of two and three tests. Positive blood culture was obtained in only 20% cases, thereby underlying the need for a sepsis screen in the diagnosis of neonatal septicemia, especially in areas where adequate micro-biological facilities are lacking.

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