Acridine orange stain--a rapid method for diagnosis of neonatal septicemia.
The present study included 150 newborns; 100 clinically septic and 50 clinically aseptic who served as control. Out of 100 clinically septic newborns, blood culture was positive in 33 (33%), serum CRP was positive in 64 (64%) and acridine orange stained buffy coat smear was positive in 76 (76%). Serum CRP was found to be the most specific (specificity 96%) and acridine orange stained buffy coat smear examination the most sensitive (sensitivity 94.3%) test for diagnosis of neonatal septicemia.
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D000165:Acridine Orange; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*
D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D000165:Acridine Orange