title: [Neonatal sepsis: diagnosis and treatment]
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Procianoy