الفهرس 
Neonatal SepsisOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
SUMMARY
Sepsis is one of the most challenging problems despite the ongoing
progress in diagnosis and treatment.
For many years, a search has been ongoing to find predictors of neonatal
sepsis that identify effectively patients who are at risk of infection.
Neopterin is considered an activation marker of the monocyte/
macrophage system in various inflammatory diseases.
The aim of our study is to evaluate the early diagnostic value of serum
neopterin level in Neonatal sepsis.
This study was conducted on 40 neonates with high risk factor of sepsis
and 20 controls.
Neonates with severe congenital anomalies, clinically apparent
chromosomal abnormalities and inborn error of metabolism were excluded.
For all neonates the Following were performed:
- Histoty taking : (to detect risk factors for sepsis),
- Thorough clinical examination,
- Laboratory inregstigation including :
- Complete Blood count with differential leucocytic count
- CRP quantative assay