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Research Article: Incidence Rate and Associated Factors of Early Onset Sepsis Among Neonate Born at ? Weeks’ Gestation in Thai Tertiary Hospital

Date Published: 2023-06-26

Introduction:
Neonatal early onset sepsis (EOS) is an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. EOS is defined as blood or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) bacterial infection of the newborn within hours after birth. Incident rates of EOS in many developed countries have declined after implementing maternal antenatal screening and GBS intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. However, in most developing countries, these screening and antibiotic prophylaxis are not widely implemented. Therefore, the incidence rates of EOS are…

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