BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN THE NEONATE (NEONATAL SEPSIS)

Abstract

Neonatal sepsis (in utero), perinatal and afterbirth – postnatal is a disease with low incidence, but with high risk. Although incidence of the most common etiology – group B Streptococus – has been reduced by prophylactic treatment with penicillin – neonatal sepsis has not been eradicated, and vigilance must remain high. The author presents: etiology; pathogeny; clinical manifestations; diagnosis (positiv, differential, etiological); management with a plan of treatment with antimicrobial agents and supportive care; evolution, complication and prognosis in neonatal sepsis.

Keywords

• bacterial infections
• neonatal sepsis