Neonatal Sepsis

Neonatal sepsis is a clinical syndrome of systemic illness in the first 28 days of life accompanied by bacteraemia. It remains a leading cause of neonatal mortality in India, and NEET PG loves it for vignettes that hinge on timing of onset, organism, and empirical antibiotic choice. Master the early- versus late-onset split and you have already answered most questions. Neonatal sepsis = a clinical syndrome charact…