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Table 2 Clinical presentations and diagnoses among studied cases with suspected sepsis

From: Emerging antimicrobial resistance in early and late-onset neonatal sepsis

Clinical manifestation/ diagnosis

Number (%)

- Poor suckling & sluggish reflexes

77 (24.5%)

- Respiratory distress

91 (29.0%)

- Pulmonary hypertension

3 (1.0%)

- Meconium aspiration syndrome

4 (1.3%)

- Apnea

35 (11.2%)

- Congenital heart disease

6 (1.9%)

- Neonatal jaundice

19 (6.1%)

- Neonatal convulsions

12 (3.8%)

- Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

11 (3.5%)

- Neonatal hypoglycemia

7 (2.2%)

- Multiple congenital anomalies

10 (3.2%)

- Low birth weight

10 (3.2%)

- Neonatal Pneumonia

15 (4.8%)

- Bleeding tendency or hemorrhage

14 (4.5%)

- Total

314(100%)