Open AccessStudy of umbilical cord blood culture in diagnosis of early-onset sepsis among newborns with high-risk factors
Author(s) -
Mitul B Kalathia,
Prakash Ashokbhai Shingala,
Parin N Parmar,
Yogesh N Parikh,
Ila Mitulkumar Kalathia
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical neonatology/journal of clinical neonatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1658-6093
pISSN - 2249-4847
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4847.123092
Subject(s) - medicine , blood culture , umbilical cord , sepsis , neonatal sepsis , venous blood , cord blood , context (archaeology) , gold standard (test) , obstetrics , antibiotics , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , paleontology
Blood culture is gold standard for diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. Low sensitivity of blood culture is usually due to small volume of blood sample, intrapartum antibiotics, and antibiotics given to newborn before sampling.