A three year descriptive study of early onset neonatal sepsis in a refugee population on the Thailand Myanmar border.
- Turner, C
- Turner, P
- Hoogenboom, G
- Aye Mya Thein, N
- McGready, R
- Phakaudom, K
- De Zoysa, A
- Efstratiou, A
- Heath, PT
- Nosten, F
DOIAbstract
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. METHODS: We conducted a three year observational study of clinically diagnosed early onset (<7 days of age) neonatal sepsis (EONS) in infants born to mothers following antenatal care at the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit clinic in Maela camp for displaced persons on the Thailand-Myanmar border. Episodes of EONS were identified using a clinical case definition. Conventional and molecular microbiological techniques were employed in order to determine under...
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