Patricia I. Eniowo

C-Reactive Protein as an Index of Early Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis

Patricia I. Eniowo, Abiodun J. Kareem, Akinbowale R. Eniowo, Ebunoluwa A. Adejuyigbe, Korede O. Oluwatuyi & Opeyemi O. Akinmadelo · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2023

Introduction: Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of morbidity/mortality and the definitive diagnosis is an isolation of the pathogen from blood culture which might take 2-7 days. A test for early confirmation of infection is therefore required. C-reactive protein (CRP) is therefore...