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SUBMITTER: Zea-Vera A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5544347 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zea-Vera Alonso A Turín Christie Gloria CG Rueda María Susana MS Guillén-Pinto Daniel D Medina-Alva Pilar P Tori Aldredo A Rivas María M Zegarra Jaime J Castañeda Anne A Cam Luis L Ochoa Theresa J TJ
Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica 20160601 2
The objective of this study was to analyze the use of lumbar punctures (LP) in the evaluation of late-onset neonatal sepsis. It is recommended to perform an LP as part of the evaluation of late-onset sepsis. We used a cohort of 414 newborns with a birth weight <2000g in three hospitals in Lima. A LP was performed in 45/214 (21.0%) of sepsis evaluations and in 13/48 (27.1%) of culture-proven sepsis. Meningitis was diagnosed in 8/214 (3.7%) of the episodes and 8/45 (17.5%) of the evaluations that ...[more]