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Neonatal sepsis is a clinical syndrome characterized by systemic signs of infection, accompanied by bacteremia in the first month of life. Two patterns of disease, early-onset and late-onset, have been associated with neonatal sepsis. Not only the clinical features differ between these two types of illness, but the bacteriology and therefore the choice of antibiotics is also different. Some organisms, like group B Strep and Listeria can cause both types of disease, whereas others, such as Staph. epi are only associated with late-onset disease.
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