Neonatal sepsis: A review

Abstract

Neonatal sepsis (NS) is a dysregulated host response to a systemic viral, bacterial, or fungal infection in the first 28 days of life that is potentially fatal and could turn life-threatening in both term and preterm newborns. Neonatal sepsis is categorized into two major groups: early-onset sepsis (EOS) and late-onset sepsis (LOS) depending on the time of infection, mode of transmission, and causative organisms.