Late onset Sepsis The organisms causing late onset sepsis are | Oxygen-Pediatry

Late onset Sepsis
The organisms causing late onset sepsis are acquired from environment:
Community acquired:
Staphylococcus aureus
E.coli

Hospital Acquired:
Acinetobacter
Klebsiella
Remember that in hospital acquired neonatal sepsis(late onset sepsis), Meningitis is commonly associated

Risk Fators:
Lack of breast feeding
Mulptiple needle pricks
Superficial infection involving skin or Umbilical cord stump
Low birth weight
Prematurity

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