Abstract

REVIEW ON NEONATAL SEPSIS

Arunima Sudhan*, Prasobh G. R. and Julia J. J.

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Abstract

Neonatal sepsis is defined as the blood infection that occurs in infants who are younger than 90 days of age. Neonatal sepsis is a systemic condition of bacterial, viral, or fungal origin which is associated with haemodynamic changes and other clinical manifestations that result in substantial morbidity and mortality. According to Who (2001) In the developing countries, neonatal mortality (deaths in the first 28 days of life per 1000 live births) from all causes is about 34. There are mainly two categories of neonatal sepsis, Early onset sepsis and Late onset/ acquired sepsis.

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