Neonatal Bacterial and Fungal Infections

摘要: Neonatal infection is the invasion of tissue by an infective organism. This may be considered early-onset when occurring during first 72 hours life (very if starting 12 hours), and late-onset after hours. Infections represent a major cause mortality morbidity in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), where reported incidences range from 6% to 33% [1], up 40% neonates born before 28 weeks’ gestational age or with birth weight < 1000 g (extremely low weight, ELBW) [2]. Septicemia accounts for 45–55% all infections, followed lower respiratory tract infections (16– 30%) urinary (UTIs, 8–18%) [1, 3].