Study of umbilical cord blood culture in diagnosis of early-onset sepsis among newborns with high-risk factors | Zendy

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Study of umbilical cord blood culture in diagnosis of early-onset sepsis among newborns with high-risk factors

Author(s) -

MitulBabubhai Kalathia,

PrakashAshokbhai Shingala,

Parin N Parmar,

YogeshNarenedrabhai Parikh,

IlaMitulkumar Kalathia

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

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.

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