Surveillance for incidence and etiology of early-onset neonatal sepsis in Soweto, South Africa.

Surveillance for incidence and etiology of early-onset neonatal sepsis in Soweto, South Africa.

<h4>Background</h4>Globally, over 400,000 neonatal deaths in 2015 were attributed to sepsis, however, the incidence and etiologies of these infections are largely unknown in low-middle income countries. We aimed to determine incidence and etiology of community-acquired early-onset (<7...

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Main Authors: Sithembiso C Velaphi, Matthew Westercamp, Malefu Moleleki, Tracy Pondo, Ziyaad Dangor, Nicole Wolter, Anne von Gottberg, Nong Shang, Alicia Demirjian, Jonas M Winchell, Maureen H Diaz, Firdose Nakwa, Grace Okudo, Jeannette Wadula, Clare Cutland, Stephanie J Schrag, Shabir A Madhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214077

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