Prevailing Microorganisms Causing Neonatal Sepsis in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Prospective Study)Prevailing Microorganisms Causing Neonatal Sepsis in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Prospective Study)
Prevailing Microorganisms Causing Neonatal Sepsis in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Prospective Study)Prevailing Microorganisms Causing Neonatal Sepsis in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Prospective Study)
Prevailing microorganisms causing neonatal sepsis in neonatal intensive care unit of Assiut
 University children Hospital Methods prospective study conducted in the neonatal intensive
 care unit in Assiut university children hospital.
Sepsis remains a leading cause of death in the intensive care units and in all age groups
 worldwide.sepsis was defined as the host's immune response(systemic inflammatory response
 syndrome) to injury and/or infectious stimuli in the presence of a known(or strongly
 suspected) infection .early onset neonatal sepsis occurs in utero or might become infected
 when exposed to potentially pathogenic bacteria,viruses,or fungi during passage through the
 birth canal.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  both preterm and full term neonates

 -  both early onset and late onset neonatal sepsis

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Genetic diseases immunocompromized neonates

 -  Neonates of diabetic mothers

 -  Neonates of HIV mothers