Open AccessUtility of cord blood culture in early onset neonatal sepsis
Author(s) -
Jothi Meena,
Marie Victor Pravin Charles,
Arunava Kali,
Siva Ramakrishnan,
Seetesh Gosh,
Kunigal S Seetha
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
australasian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1836-1935
DOI - 10.4066/amj.2015.2460
Subject(s) - medicine , neonatal sepsis , sepsis , blood culture , umbilical cord , venous blood , cord blood , isolation (microbiology) , peripheral blood , immunology , bioinformatics , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of neonatal mortality. The clinical outcome mainly depends on the early diagnosis and peripheral venous blood culture (PVBC) is the most widely practiced diagnostic method.
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