בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים" מובא להלן קישור לתקציר המאמר. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה/י לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך.

To describe the incidence and aetiology of early and late-onset neonatal sepsis and compare rates in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants against non-Indigenous infants in the Top End of the Northern Territory.

This was a retrospective case series of infants with positive blood or cerebrospinal fluid cultures at Royal Darwin Hospital between 2012 and 2016.

Cultures from infants during initial hospital admission up to 120 days of age were included for analysis. Demographic, clinical, laboratory and treatment data were collected from medical records.

Published definitions of sepsis and criteria for organism pathogenicity and were used to determine cases of sepsis.