Surveillance for incidence and etiology of early-onset neonatal sepsis in Soweto, South Africa.
<h4>Background</h4>Globally, over 400,000 neonatal deaths in 2015 were attributed to sepsis, however, the incidence and etiologies of these infections are largely unknown in low-middle income countries. We aimed to determine incidence and etiology of community-acquired early-onset (<7...
Main Authors: | Sithembiso C Velaphi, Matthew Westercamp, Malefu Moleleki, Tracy Pondo, Ziyaad Dangor, Nicole Wolter, Anne von Gottberg, Nong Shang, Alicia Demirjian, Jonas M Winchell, Maureen H Diaz, Firdose Nakwa, Grace Okudo, Jeannette Wadula, Clare Cutland, Stephanie J Schrag, Shabir A Madhi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214077 |
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