[Neonatal sepsis: diagnosis and treatment]
OBJECTIVE: Review the literature on diagnosis and treatment of neonatal sepsis. METHODS: The most important articles on neonatal sepsis were selected through MEDLINE. RESULTS: The present review analyzes the different methods of diagnosis, laboratory and clinical, as well as the different therapeutic managements of neonatal sepsis. CONCLUSION: Neonatal sepsis is a severe disease that must be diagnosed early and properly treated in order to avoid lethal outcome.
Miura
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Silveira
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Procianoy
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RS