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Sep 29, 2022 · Differential Diagnosis. Given the nonspecific signs of neonatal sepsis, several differentials must be considered, including but not limited to:
- Meenakshi Singh, Mahdi Alsaleem, Cory P. Gray
- 2022/09/29
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Oct 18, 2023 · - Neonatal sepsis differential diagnosis; RELATED TOPICS. Approach to risk assessment and initial management of newborns with risk factors for early-onset sepsis; Approach to the ill-appearing infant (younger than 90 days of age) Assessment of the newborn infant; Bacterial meningitis in the neonate: Clinical features and diagnosis
Diagnosis: Distinguishing features: Diagnostic tests: Other systemic neonatal infections: Viral infections: HSV; Mucocutaneous vesicles, CSF pleocytosis, elevated CSF protein, thrombocytopenia, hepatitis: HSV PCR; viral culture: Enteroviruses; Fulminant systemic disease, myocarditis, hepatitis, encephalitis: EV PCR: Parechovirus
Jun 28, 2017 · The gold standard for establishing a diagnosis of neonatal sepsis is through culture. However, several factors, including the small blood volumes obtained from neonates, the presence of low or ...
- Pui Ying Iroh Tam, Catherine M. Bendel
- 2017
Aug 4, 2020 · Possible differential diagnoses for neonatal sepsis include: Congenital infections* (e.g. TORCH): T oxoplasmosis, O ther (e.g. syphilis, varicella-zoster, parvovirus B19, HIV), R ubella, C ytomegalovirus and H erpes simplex virus.
Sep 29, 2022 · Complete blood count (CBC) with differential and C-reactive protein (CRP) are also important lab tests to obtain and are often collected on a serial basis. These indices are poor at identifying neonatal sepsis but are better used for ruling it out . Neutropenia has better specificity than neutrophilia as a marker of neonatal sepsis .
