A three year descriptive study of early onset neonatal sepsis in a refugee population on the Thailand Myanmar border.

BACKGROUND: Each year an estimated four million neonates die, the majority in the first week of life. One of the major causes of death is sepsis. Proving the incidence and aetiology of neonatal sepsis is difficult, particularly in resource poor settings where the majority of the deaths occur. METHOD...

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Main Authors: Turner, C, Turner, P, Hoogenboom, G, Aye Mya Thein, N, Mcgready, R, Phakaudom, K, De Zoysa, A, Efstratiou, A, Heath, P, Nosten, F
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013