Diagnostic utility of combined immature and total neutrophil counts along with C-reactive protein in early detection of neonatal sepsis: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A timely diagnosis is critical for management of Neonatal sepsis. Blood Culture is considered to be the "Gold Standard" for its diagnosis, but it has some limitations. In recent times, highly sensitive and specific inflammatory markers like interleukins, ELISA, counter immune-electrophoresis etc. have been in use for its diagnosis. But these are impractical for developing countries, due to their high cost and requirement of sophisticated equipments. A combination of haematological parameters like total leucocyte count (TLC), immature to total neutrophil ratio (I/T ratio), absolute neutrophil count (ANC), platelet count and C-reactive protein (CRP) estimation provide an early diagnosis of bacteremia. This study was undertaken to evaluate the usefulness of the above ment

SUBMITTER: Jethani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9142396 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature