Diseases

Neonatal Sepsis

Blood infection that occurs in an infant younger than 90 days old. Early-onset sepsis is seen in the first week of life and most often appears within 24 hours of birth. Late-onset occurs after 1 week and before 3 months of age.

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Blood infection that occurs in an infant younger than 90 days old. Early-onset sepsis is seen in the first week of life and most often appears within 24 hours of birth. Late-onset occurs after 1 week and before 3 months of age.

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  • Sepsis, Neonatal
  • Neonatal Sepses
  • Sepses, Neonatal
  • Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis
  • Neonatal Late-Onset Sepsis
  • Early-Onset Sepses, Neonatal
  • Early-Onset Sepsis, Neonatal
  • Late-Onset Sepses, Neonatal
  • Late-Onset Sepsis, Neonatal
  • Neonatal Early Onset Sepsis
  • Neonatal Early-Onset Sepses
  • Neonatal Late Onset Sepsis
  • Neonatal Late-Onset Sepses
  • Sepses, Neonatal Early-Onset
  • Sepses, Neonatal Late-Onset
  • Sepsis, Neonatal Early-Onset
  • Sepsis, Neonatal Late-Onset

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2017

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Previous Indexing

  • Sepsis (1964-2016)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Neonatal Sepsis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000071074. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000071074
  2. Neonatal Sepsis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonatal_sepsis
  3. Neonatal Sepsis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6993495