Detection of Neonatal Sepsis of Late Onset

Abstract

Five tests have been used in combination to diagnose neonatal sepsis. This study describes their use in 56 infants evaluated between 8 and 60 days of age, who had nonspecific signs of infection at presentation, as well as further evidence in 524 infants evaluated in the first week after birth. When two or more of the five tests had abnormal results (leukocyte count JAMA1982;247:489-492)